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Key Field

Air National Guard

Home of Air-to-Air Refueling

At 12:32 p.m. on June 4, 1935, brothers Al and Fred Key lifted off the grass strip of Meridian's airport in an effort to break the world record for sustained flight. Working with other Meridianites such as A.D. Hunter and James Keeton, the Key brothers devised a workable method of air-to-air refueling in order to attempt this feat.

The record they established in their 27 days aloft, totaling 653 hours and 34 minutes, remains unbroken in conventional flight. Not until orbiting space labs did man stay aloft longer. When they landed at 6:06 p.m. on July 1, 1935, before a crowd of between 30,000 and 40,000 fans gathered at the airfield, the Meridian airport was renamed "Key Field" in their honor, the name it retains today.

186th Air Refueling Wing
153rd Air Refueling Squadron
185th Aviation Group

Radio Comunications

  • VHF Airband
  • MilAir Frequencies are used for air operations
  • Support Frequencies are unknown at this time. They are probably on the VHF HighBand. Please submit any info to the Meridian/Key Field page at RR.
  • Air-to-Air refuling. The 186th has been heard using refueling track AR101. AR101 refueling track is mostly over extreme western Mississippi and parallels the Lousiana and Arkansas borders. They may also use other refueling tracks.


Key Field is Home to the Following Units

  • 186th Air Refueling Wing
  • 153rd Air Refueling Squadron
  • 238th Air Support Operations Squadron
  • 248th Air Traffic Control Squadron
  • 185th Army Aviation Support Facility


Links

History and Info on Key Field

Meridian Regional Airport

186th Air Refueling Wing

185th Aviation Group