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  • Col. Stephen Lanier takes Command

    U.S. Air Force Col. Stephen “Steve” Lanier assumes command of the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Dec. 8, 2019. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air Force commander, presided over the assumption of command ceremony.

  • Bye-Bye KC-135 Stratotanker, Hello KC-46 Pegasus

    Thursday, Dec. 5,2019, three members of the 77th Air Refueling Squadron took their final flight on a KC-135 Stratotanker. The week of 8-14 Dec, they took with them a combination of over 10,000 flying hours and over 50 years of experience on a KC-135 to become the first 77 ARS members trained on the

  • The 916th Receives a Blast From the Past

    The 916th Air Refueling Wing welcomed their new commander, Col. Stephen “Steve” Lanier, during an assumption of command ceremony held at 9:16 a.m. in the 916 ARW fuel cell hangar.

  • The 6th Tail Out

    The 916th continues to bid farewell to the KC-135, making aircraft 3528 the sixth to be divested from the wing and the fifth to be acquired by the 92nd Air Refueling Wing.

  • Your next big idea could be a hop skip and Lhavi away

    Nathaniel Torres, a self-proclaimed analytical thinker, launched Lhavi, a transportation service in Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, June 25, 2019. “I’ve always been an analytical thinker,” said Torres, a member of the 916th Maintenance Group management analysis unit and a project manager with Duke

  • 916 ARW Bids Farewell to an Oldie But Goodie

    The fourth KC-135 Stratotanker to be divested from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, sits on the flightline of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Oct. 22, 2019.