U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 63rd Air Refueling Squadron and the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron respond to an alert call during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, May 3, 2025. The Air Force maintains and validates high standards of readiness through periodic inspections required by the nuclear mission, such as the NORI. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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  • Employers receive recognition for support

    Employers of 927th Air Refueling Wing reservists are in line to receive prestigious awards from the Michigan Committee Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. Reservists nominated 68 employers last year in a show of appreciation for support received in the performance of their military

  • Wing earns outstanding unit award

    The 927th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its professionalism and dedication to its mission during 2005. In a letter from Maj. Gen. Allan Poulin, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, he announced the wing as one of 21 Air

  • Troops return from the desert

    Cold excited family members and friends anxiously huddled in brisk temperatures and fought a sharp breeze while waiting for the Air Force bus to bring their loved ones home from an overseas deployment Jan. 9. Some were carrying “Welcome Home” signs while others were waving small American flags. As

  • Selfridge first to train Reserve chaplain

    The 927th Air Refueling Wing made history when it became the first Air Force Reserve unit to train a chaplain candidate, according to the Air Force Reserve Command Chaplain Service. Chap. (2nd Lt.) Joshua Stoley, 25, completed his Master of Divinity at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in December

  • Wing’s chaplains deploy to Southwest Asia

    Take one trained servicemember, send him to a location where the enemy has no uniform, where car bombs and death are a daily occurrence, and where life seems cheap. Now let him watch a friend die or have a loved one become ill back home. Most servicemembers will come home unscathed emotionally while

  • Colonel Beebe assumes command

    A former group commander at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., has assumed command of the 927th Air Refueling Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Colonel Gary E. Beebe, former commander of the 434th Operations Group, succeeded Col. Kenneth D. Suggs, who retired after 32 years of military

  • Members volunteer to build Habitat home

    They came. They sawed. They conquered a home-building project. Eighteen volunteers from the 927ARW and a number of local civilians gathered at a building site in Clinton Township Aug. 17 to put their skills to good use. They framed a new home for Habitat for Humanity. Skilled and unskilled, officers

  • Sexual assault response coordinator protects troops

    It’s showing its ugly head again. It first showed up in the Navy Tailhook scandal in the early 1990s. Most recently it reared its ugly head again at the Air Force Academy in March 2003. Left unreported, it can ruin lives, careers, and embarrass leaders all the way up the chain of command. It’s

  • Aerial Port loads cargo, passengers

    The 29th Aerial Port Flight is the unit of the 927th Air Refueling Wing tasked with loading and unloading cargo, and manifesting of cargo and passengers. Since its inception in 2000, the 29thAPF has risen to the challenges of operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Northern Watch, Southern Watch