Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base
Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base (IATA: BHM, ICAO: KBHM, FAA LID: BHM) is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation located at a Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It hosts the 117th Air Refueling Wing, part of the Air National Guard, which operates the KC-135R Stratotanker. The base was previously known as Alabama Air National Guard Base.
Several KC-135R Stratotankers of the 117th Air Refueling Wing parked on the flight line at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base.
A KC-135R Stratotanker departing with the Alabama Air National Guard hangars and buildings behind.
The 117th Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard, stationed at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base Birmingham, Alabama. If activated to federal service, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
106th ARS KC-135 with refueling boom extended
Lockheed RF-80C-11-LO Shooting Star Serial 45–8391 in the foreground, along with other RF-80s of the 160th Tactical Recon Squadron, 1952. (Photo taken at Neubiberg AB, West Germany)
Douglas A/RB-26C-40-DT Invader serial 44-35599 of the 117th TRW in a temporary wooden nose "hangar", January 1953. Notice the temporary Pierced Steel Planking used for the parking apron with the snow and ice. This aircraft was sold to France in September 1956. It was eventually withdrawn from use in May 1967 and scrapped.
Republic RF-84F-30-RE Thunderflash of the 106th TRS, Alabama Air National Guard, 52-7425
