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  Alabama Air National Guard 117th Air Refueling Wing  Campus

(Birmingham, AL) The Alabama ANG has a storied military history. Early in 1919, Major James A. Meissner, a World War I flying ace and former member of Eddie Rickenbacker's famous "Hat-in-the-Ring" squadron, organized some ten to twelve ex-aviators from the recent war. This club was dubbed the Birmingham Flying Club, nicknamed the "Escadrille's". Its primary aim being the promotion of aviation in the City of Birmingham and the State of Alabama. Work began immediately to induce the Federal Government to recognize the unit as a National Guard flying squadron. After months of ceaseless work, word was received that the dream was to become a reality. On 21 January 1922, the organization was federally recognized as the 135th Observation Squadron, Alabama National Guard. Twenty-six officers and one hundred twenty enlisted men assigned to the squadron began developing the tract of land that was to be used for the air base. Today, Birmingham IAP (ANG) consists of approximately 147 acres and essential facilities to support the mission of the 117th ARW and its assigned units. The 117th ARW occupies 101 facilities including offices, mission support structures, maintenance hangars, POL storage and refueling station and a Joint Hospital.

Since 1995, CCSI has been a preferred provider on a variety of digital control, mechanical and service related projects for the Birmingham  campus. CCSI has partnered with the Alabama ANG 117th to modernize many of the HVAC systems as well as installing an open protocol base wide KMDigital building automation system to meet their immediate needs and future growth opportunities.