 The Firebirds joined American Indoor Football (AIF) for the 2016 season but the league folded after one season.The Firebirds then joined the new National Arena League (NAL) for the 2017 season.The Firebirds were the third indoor/arena football team to call Albany home, following the South Georgia Wildcats of af2 (which played in Albany from 2005 until the league folded in 2009) and the Albany Panthers of the Southern Indoor Football League and later the Professional Indoor Football League (which played from 2010 until 2013, winning the 2011 SIFL and 2012 PIFL championships).