121st refuels "Thunderbirds" over the skies of Virginia 06.17.2025 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Ivy Thomas A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon with the United States Air Force Demonstration Squadron...
121st refuels "Warthog" over the skies of Virginia 06.11.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime An A-10C "Warthog" Thunderbolt II from the 175th Fighter Wing flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 121st Air Refueling Wing after being...
Rickenbacker and local fire departments-controlled... 06.10.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime Firefighters with the Rickenbacker, Columbus, and Madison Township fire departments participate in a controlled aircraft burn exercise at...
Rickenbacker and local fire departments-controlled... 06.10.2025 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Ivy Thomas Firefighters with Rickenbacker, Columbus, and Madison Township fire departments extinguish a controlled aircraft burn during an exercise at...
KC-135 Stratotanker towing 06.09.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling Wing Maintenance Squadron prepare to tow a KC-135 Stratotanker on the flight line at...
Capturing KC-135 Stratotanker towing 06.09.2025 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Ivy Thomas U.S. Air Force Airman Taylor Warehime, a public affairs specialist with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, takes photos of a KC-135 Stratotanker being...
CMSgt Rutledge Promotion 06.07.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Natonja Rutledge, the 121st Air Refueling Wing Force Support Squadron Senior Enlisted Leader, promotes to Chief...
Lazar assumption of command 06.07.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeffery Lazar, the 121st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron commander, gives flowers to his wife during his...
Reds opening day flyover 03.27.2025 | Video by Ralph Branson Two KC-135 Stratotankers, assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing, perform a flyover for the Cincinnati Reds opening day game in Cincinnati,...
2025 Stadium Series Flyover 03.01.2025 | Video by Tech. Sgt. Mikayla Gibbs An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, flies over Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, March 1, 2025. A KC-135...
121 ARW Airman sings national anthem (vertical edit) 11.08.2024 | Video by Ralph Branson Staff Sgt. Simone Williams, a KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief with the 121st Maintenance Group, sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Ohio Supreme...
Airman performs national anthem 11.08.2024 | Video by Ralph Branson Staff Sgt. Simone Williams, a KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief with the 121st Maintenance Group, sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Ohio Supreme...
Sunrise Landing Timelapse 10.20.2024 | Video by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Gibbs A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Columbus, Ohio, returns at sunrise to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, October 20,...
Bryant promoted to colonel 10.20.2024 | Video by Ralph Branson U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gregory Bryant is promoted to the rank of Colonel with the help of his family during a ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Robert S....
Ohio National Guard Airmen deploy to North Carolina... 10.01.2024 | Video by Ralph Branson Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling Wing’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team, part of the Ohio Homeland Response Force, prepare to deploy to...
Tanker takeoff 09.18.2024 | Video by Ralph Branson Two KC-135 Stratotankers, assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing, take off at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, Sept. 18, 2024. (U.S....
Airman pursues two dreams by joining ANG and... 12.07.2024 | Story by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Gibbs “Most people don’t get the opportunity to pursue two entirely separate dreams, especially at the same stage of their life.”
The 121st Air Refueling Wing participates in... 05.16.2024 | Story by Senior Airman Ivy Thomas RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio- The 121st Air Refueling Wing participated in Operation Buckeye Resolve at Rickenbacker Air National...
121st Air Refueling Wing defender earns the title... 05.10.2024 | Story by Senior Airman Ivy Thomas The Whole Airman Concept is a term used to describe how an Airman performs in certain areas, such as leadership and job performance, significant...
ONG Scholarship "vaults" Airman to the National... 04.11.2024 | Story by Senior Airman Ivy Thomas In the seventh grade, Tyler Shipley began watching videos of pole vaulters and learning how to jump all on his own. In his junior year of high...
Serbian military cyber professionals collaborate... 03.05.2024 | Story by Senior Airman Ivy Thomas The Ohio National Guard invited Serbian Armed Forces cyber professionals to collaborate with Ohio cyber organizations across the state as part of...
The 121st continues to develop Multi-Capable Airmen 02.22.2024 | Story by Senior Airman Ivy Thomas The 121st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron invited Airmen from around the base to go through the Security Forces Augmentation Program...
Serbian military visits 121 ARW 02.04.2024 | Story by Tech. Sgt. Wendy Kuhn RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio – On Feb. 4, 2024, five Members of the Serbian Military Medical Academy visited the 121st Air...
121st Air Refueling Wing recognizes Outstanding... 01.16.2024 | Story by Ralph Branson The 121st Air Refueling Wing recognized their Outstanding Airmen of the Year at the wing holiday party here Dec. 3, 2023. The Outstanding...
121st ARW celebrates 75th anniversary of... 12.02.2023 | Audio by Tech. Sgt. James Courtright A ceremony celebrating the 75th anniversary of desegregation in the United States military and paying tribute to Sgt. Thomas Newton, a documented...
