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  • August 2009 Promotions and Awards

    Congratulations to the following members of the 916th Air Refueling Wing for their achievements in the month of August.Promotions:Master Sgt. Edward H. Gibson Jr. 916th ARW Master Sgt. William C. Lester 916th SFS Tech. Sgt. George L. Farlow 916th CS Tech. Sgt. Carlton B. Harrell 916th AMXS Staff

  • August 2009 Newcomers

    Lt. Col. Charles Combs 916th MXG Tech. Sgt. Amy Lane 916th MSF Staff Sgt. Denise Jackson-Kemp 916th MOF Staff Sgt. Steven Roseno 916th MXS Staff Sgt. Joshua Wendt 916th MXS Senior Airman Christopher Peffly 916th MXS Senior Airman Raymond Reeves 916th MXS Senior Airman Nicholas Roose 916th CEF Senior

  • Double dedication at Seymour Johnson

    More than a 100 military members, community and business leaders turned out to see the dedication of two new buildings at the 916th Air Refueling Wing.After 18 months of construction, the 916th Corrosion Control Hangar and Squadron Operations Building opened for business on Aug 14.Due to the extreme

  • Tents, teamwork and trophies- 916th RODEO team wins big

    Every two years, Air Mobility Command Airlift RODEO tests the skills of flight crews, maintainers and support personnel from teams throughout the world. This year, all teams converged on McChord Air Force Base in Washington for the week-long competition involving team-work, networking, good times

  • RODEO: 916th/911th team brings trophies back to Goldsboro

    On July 24, the 916th RODEO team learned the results of their hard work this past week at Air Mobility Command's RODEO competition. They weren't disappointed.At closing ceremonies on Friday afternoon the combined active duty and Reserve team won top honors as the Best KC-135 Team at the

  • More 916th RODEO images

    As the 916th Air Refueling Wing RODEO team wraps up their week at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. the scores look promising. Reports indicate that team participants are enjoying the competition and comraderie offered this week.

  • 916th honors fallen at Arlington

    A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing had a mission this week usually reserved for fighters.On July 22, an active duty crew from the 911th Air Refueling Squadron had the privilege of doing a fly-over at Arlington National Cemetery to honor service members killed in action during

  • Chaplain candidates start 35-day tour of bases

    Dozens of Air Force chaplain candidates came here July 13 to learn about Robins AFB and the different Air Force missions it supports. Robins AFB was the first stop on a 35-day tour of five Air Force bases for nearly 30 chaplain candidates and four chaplains and four chaplain assistants. The Air

  • Wing rolls out new vision statement

    In April of this year, leaders from units throughout the 916th Air Refueling Wing held a three-day event to develop a new vision statement for the wing. The goal of those participating in the Strategic Alignment and Deployment meeting was to begin the DoD directed Continuous Process Improvement for

  • 916th launches on Facebook

    Communication is changing. Just ask any military public affairs office. In 2007, a push was made to do away with hard copy base newspapers to help save money and drive readers to base Websites. Due to the recent decline in the economy many large and small newspaper publishers are going out of