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172nd Airlift Wing

Get to Know Us

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over Trustmark Park before a Mississippi Braves baseball game.

Base Resources/Helping Hands

An Airmen with the 172nd Airlift Wing walks with his son during Family Day 2023.

Recruiting

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Left to right: MSgt Phillip Cao, MSgt Michael Walsh, MSgt Steveison Ivory, MSgt Alex Rose, and TSgt Quanecia Worthy, Military Training Instructors, oversee Basic Cadet Training at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 20, 2022. Academy MTIs coordinate and execute BCT and lead Cadet Cadre training to transform civilians into 4th Class Cadets over 38 days of military instruction. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong)

History of the 172 AW

A pilot assigned to the 183rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron stands aboard a RB-26 Invader.

NEWS

Honor Guard News Graphic

Special Tee: Mississippi National Guard Members Raise $11,000 for Family Relief Fund at Airmen-led Golf Tournament

Special Tee: Mississippi National Guard Members Raise $11,000 for Family Relief Fund at Airmen-led Golf Tournament

Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds
Iron Sharpens Iron: 172nd Airlift Wing Conducts Operation Iron Magnolia

Iron Sharpens Iron: 172nd Airlift Wing Conducts Operation Iron Magnolia

Airman 1st Class Damara Cormier and Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds
172nd Airlift Wing Chaplain receives MCA Distinguished Service Award

172nd Airlift Wing Chaplain receives MCA Distinguished Service Award

Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee
172nd MXG Airmen are put to the test during Annual Training

172nd MXG Airmen are put to the test during Annual Training

Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Rivera
183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron 2023 Annual Training

183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron 2023 Annual Training

Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee