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MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Thursday marked a celebration as the 186th Air Refueling Wing held a ribbon cutting for the return of the KC-135 flight simulator.

Key Field housed this aircraft simulator for 17 years before it was removed for reorganization in 2005.

Mississippi Congressman Michael Guest offers remarks during a ribbon cutting to mark the official opening of the KC-135 Flight Simulator Aug. 8, 2024, at Key Field Air National Guard Base. Key Field ANGB aircrew as well as other ANG aircrew from across the country will train on the operational flight training simulator which will greatly enhance mission readiness. (U.S.

The ribbon was cut Thursday for the new KC-135 flight simulator at Key Field Air National Guard Base.

Special guests attended the celebration including Congressman Michael Guest, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reid, and Colonel Synthia Smith.

State and local officials, military officers and community leaders celebrated Thursday at Key Field as the Mississippi Air National Guard celebrated the return of the KC-135 simulator to the 186th Air Refueling Wing.

KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. -- 

MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-Miss.) spoke to supporters in Madison on Wednesday, August 7.

Guest shared his experiencing visiting Butler, Pennsylvania, where an assassination attempt was carried out against former President Donald Trump.

A bill presented by GOP Representative August Pfluger, a Republican from Texas, would make the Senate ultimately confirm the next director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS).

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House lawmakers want the next chief of the U.S. Secret Service to go through a rigorous confirmation process in the Senate before being allowed to lead the critical security agency.