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Nebraska Air National Guard hosts Open Hangar recruiting event
May 3, 2024 — The Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing hosted an Open Hangar event at the National Guard Air Base on May 1, 2024. ... MORE

155th Air Refueling Wing demonstrates readiness in large-scale exercise
February 16, 2024 — The 155th Air Refueling Wing conducted a large-scale readiness exercise, or LRE, on Feb. 2-4, 2024, at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln... MORE

Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, respond to a simulated injured airman Feb. 4, 2024, National Guard airbase in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Guardians of Freedom Airshow 2023 named Military Air Show of the Year
December 13, 2023 — The 2023 Guardians of Freedom Air Show was named the Military Air Show of the Year by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, during the International Council of Air Show Convention Dec. 5, 2023. The air show was co-hosted for the first time by the 155th Air Refueling Wing and the 55th Wing at the Lincoln Airport Aug. 26-27, 2023. ... MORE

Nebraska Airman: The Story behind the Uniform
December 2, 2023 — Nebraska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Jarell Roach, a Religious Affairs Airman with the 155th Air Refueling Wing, recalls how a classmate's tragic story became the catalyst for his desire to join the military and fight to bring direction and hope to everyone he could... MORE

Mission Efficiency: 155th ARW's hot-pit refueling
November 21, 2023 — The 155th Air Refueling Wing performed a hot-pit refueling for their KC-135R Stratotanker, Nov. 4, 2023, where Airmen from the maintenance and operations groups received their initial training. Hot-pit refueling is a method that facilitates the refueling of aircraft while their engines remain operational... MORE

Nebraska, California National Guard units honor WWII Veteran
May 11, 2023 — Members of the Nebraska Air National Guard’s 173rd Air Refueling Squadron flew to California to take 100-year-old WWII veteran James K. Kunkle on an honorary flight refueling F-15 Eagles with the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, to thank him for his service and recognize his lineage to the Nebraska and California Air National Guard... MORE

World War II veteran James K. Kunkle lays in the back of a KC-135 boom pod and watches the boom operator refuel an F15-C Eagle from the 114th Fighter Wing, Fresno, California, April 25, 2023. Kunkle served as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot during World War II and flew P-38 and P-57 aircraft, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for engaging 20 German aircraft and downing two of them.

155th Air Refueling Wing implements innovative ISO process
February 9, 2023 — A total of 28 Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, visited Scott Air Force Base from Nov. 28 to Dec. 16, 2023, working alongside 126th Air Refueling Wing maintainers on a KC-135R Stratotanker to study the isochronal inspection process... MORE

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Video by Staff Sgt. Noah Carlson

155th Air Refueling Wing conducts Combat Readiness Exercise

155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard

June 8, 2025 | 3:04

Airmen assigned to the 155th Air Refueling Wing participated in a Combat Readiness Exercise at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 6-8, 2025. The exercise tested the deployment readiness and supporting infrastructure of the installation to support wartime operations by assessing Airmen on performance-based tasks critical to mission readiness, such as facilitating the repair and maintenance of vital runway infrastructure, deployment of critical mission support infrastructure, enemy deterrence, perimeter security, unmanned aircraft deterrence, establishment of essential communications, and hot pit aircraft refueling. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Noah Carlson)