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A KC-135R Stratotanker departing with the Alabama Air National Guard hangars and buildings behind.. The base is named after United States Army Air Forces Colonel Walter Sumpter Smith who was born on 12 February 12 1896 in Belle Ellen, Alabama and became an electrical engineer and a pilot.
Alabama: Branch Air National Guard: Role: Air refueling: Part of: Alabama Air National Guard: Garrison/HQ: Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base, Alabama: Motto(s) Defend and Serve [1] Any Time, Any Place (1960s) Insignia; 117th Air Refueling Wing emblem [note 1] Patch with 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Group emblem
The 117th Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard, stationed at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base Birmingham, Alabama. If activated to federal service, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
Fort Smith Regional Airport / Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas: ACC: MQ-9 Reaper / Prior manned flying mission (1st iteration) terminated in 2007 due to BRAC; former F-16C/D fighter squadron; latest manned flying mission (2nd iteration) terminated in 2014 pursuant to 2013 NDAA; former A-10C fighter squadron; Loss of A-10s part of a since discontinued USAF effort to retire all A-10 ...
Battle Creek Air National Guard Base: Springfield: Michigan: Michigan Air National Guard: 110th Wing: Airfield shared with W. K. Kellogg Airport. The 110th Wing operates the MQ-9A Reaper. [78] Berry Field Air National Guard Base: Nashville: Tennessee
The federal mission assigned to the National Guard is: "To provide properly trained and equipped units for prompt mobilization for war, National emergency or as otherwise needed." [1] Technically the Alabama National Guard is currently under federal service as Executive Order 11111, which federalized the guard and was issued in response to the ...
Wing Shield Location Gaining MAJCOM Aircraft 101st Air Refueling Wing: Bangor ANGB, Bangor, Maine: AMC: KC-135 Stratotanker: 102nd Intelligence Wing: Otis ANGB, Sandwich, Massachusetts
The Alabama Air National Guard consists of the following major units: 117th Air Refueling Wing; Established 21 January 1922 (as: 106th Observation Squadron); operates: KC-135R Stratotanker Stationed at: Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base, Birmingham Gained by: Air Mobility Command The 117th Air Refueling Wing flies the Boeing KC-135R ...