Alabama News Center — Alabama Air National Guard unit fuels jets in skies over Romania

By: Staff Sgt. Jaccob Hearn / Alabama National Guard

In the skies over Bucharest, Romania, the Alabama Air National Guard and the Romanian Air Force take part in a joint training mission through the State Partnership Program. This training is critical to maintaining unassailable air superiority alongside the U.S. military’s NATO allies.

Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jets alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 117th Air Refueling Wing in Birmingham, conducted multiple midair refueling missions to increase joint operational capabilities.

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