186th part of Southern Strike 15

GULFPORT, Miss. - Military aircraft and vessels from across the country are participating in a two-week training exercise at the National Guard's Trent Lott Combat Readiness Training Center at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. More than 52 units are reportedly involved in the war games. Called Southern Strike 15, the exercise involves no large land force, but does involve special operations units calling in mock air strikes. The exercise has grown each of its first three years, first involving just the Air National Guard and then expanding across the U.S. military branches over the following two years to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, FBI and Special Operations Forces. (Source: Meridian Star, 11/04/14). Central Mississippi Note: The 186th Refueling Wing at Key Field in Meridian was among the SS15 participants; as well as AF and Army personnel from Eglin and Hurlburt Field, Fla., and NG units as far away as New York and Pennsylvania.