NGAUS Distinguished Flying Unit Plaque 09.07.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Powers, the 121st Air Refueling Wing commander, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Michael Dumas, the 121st Air Refueling Wing...
Blue Angels prepare to take the skies during... 08.24.2025 | Photo by Master Sgt. Wendy Kuhn A U.S. Navy Blue Angels crew chief prepares for their performance on the flight line at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base during the Columbus...
2025 Columbus Air Show 08.24.2025 | Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mikayla Gibbs An F-35A Lightning II from Eglin Air Force Base flies with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing performs a flyover at the...
2025 Columbus Air Show 08.24.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform an aerial demonstration over Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, as part of the Columbus Airshow, August...
Columbus Air Show kicks off with KC-135, F-35 flyover 08.23.2025 | Photo by Master Sgt. Wendy Kuhn A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing and an F-35A Lightning II from Eglin Air Force Base fly over Rickenbacker...
Sunrise on the flightline 08.10.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime A KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flight line during the sunrise at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, August 10, 2024. The...
Sunrise on the flightline 08.10.2025 | 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 during...
Lt. Col. Schnack promotion 08.10.2025 | Photo by Airman Taylor Warehime U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Schnack, the Aircraft Maintenance Sqaudron Commander at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, is promoted to the rank of Lt....
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 Senior Master Sgt. 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....
Kelly takes command of the 121st CE squadron 09.07.2025 | Story by Master Sgt. Wendy Kuhn Lt. Col. Sean-Michael Kelly took command of the 121st Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) from Lt. Col. Corey Thobe during a...
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 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...
