Three Generations Aloft: KC-135, KC-46A, and C-17 Mark Historic Ceremonial Refueling - Broll 1 of 2
134th Air Refueling Wing
Video by Senior Airman Ben Cash
Dec. 6, 2025 | 3:59
A 164th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III from Memphis, Tenn. approaches a KC-46A Pegasus for fuel during a ceremonial multi-generation refueling flight on December 6, 2025. The mission highlighted the transition from the 134th Air Refueling Wing's legacy KC-135 Stratotanker to the KC-46A Pegasus. The next-generation aircraft provides a significant increase in global reach, readiness and resilience. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Ben Cash) More


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  • Blount Mourns Maj. Gen. Fred Forster

     As news of his death Thursday night moved through Blount County by word of mouth and cyberspace well into Friday, retired Maj. Gen. Frederick Harwood "Fred" Forster was remembered not just for his service to country, but to his God, his family and his community."Fred was one of the finest men I

  • Medical Group First to Recieve Decontamination Training

         On October 20th -21st, members of the 134th,119th, and TEC conducted training on the Air National Guard's new In-Place Patient Decontamination (IPPD) Kit . The IPPD team consists of personal that will be called upon to provide support during real world accidents or terrorists attacks providing

  • Fire Department Loses an Old Friend

         On October 29th, 2010 134th ARW Fire Emergency Services Flight firefighters loaded its largest fire truck into a C-5 Galaxy to be delivered to the 101st ARW Bangor, Maine. The OSHKOSH P-15 first came to McGhee Tyson in 1991 and it is believed to be one of the last ones ever manufactured. It was

  • Golfing for a Cure

    The McGhee Tyson ANGB Golf League recently raised and donated $775 for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Working in concert with Lambert Acres Golf Club Manager Nick Berrong, who had donated a free round of golf to the cause, golf league members held a "closest to the pin" competition.

  • Journey to new life: Blount family adopts siblings from Kazakhstan

    Kristina and Britt will be spending their Fourth of July with their new "semya." That's Russian for family. Kristina is 8, her brother, Britt, is 4, and it is hard to fathom the change these two youngsters have witnessed in the past month. Until mid-June they lived at an orphanage in

  • 119th CACS Celebrates 60th Anniversary

         The 119th Command and Control Squadron celebrated its 60th anniversary of service to the United States on August 7. With five members of the squadron present who were present when the unit stood up in 1950, Col. David Evans, commander of the 119 CACS recognized those who have served in the unit

  • Security Forces Return From Iraq

         Tears can speak volumes when words won't come. Such was the case August 8th when the 134th Security Forces Squadron returned from a more than six month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.     Many friends and family members burst into tears as they greeted the returning airmen in

  • 134th Deploys to Spangdahlem AB, Germany

    Eighty-two members of the 134th ARW recently deployed to Spangdahlem AB, Germany for twelve days of training with their active duty counterparts and the opportunity to visit scenic Europe. Tennessee Air Guardsmen from McGhee Tyson AB, Tennessee worked side by side with the active duty component of

  • Longest Serving Enlisted POW Visits McGhee Tyson

    Retired Capt. William (Bill) Robinson who is the longest-held enlisted prisoner of war in American history was released from the infamous Hanoi Hilton on Feb. 12, 1973, over seven years after the Kaman HH43B "Huskie" helicopter he served on was shot out of the sky by the enemy. The time he spent in

  • Tennessee Guardsman steps up to new challenge

    Stepping up to new challenges is something one Tennessee Air National Guardsmen is very familiar with, so when he received deployment orders to an air base in Southwest Asia, he anxiously packed his bags.Staff Sgt. John Rode, 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron assistant records manager,