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Texas ANG deployment to Poland
September 15, 2004 (by
Lieven Dewitte) -
Seven F-16s departed from Andrews AFB yesterday enroute to Lask airbase in Poland as Trend 81-87. They are from the 182nd FS "Lonestar Gunfighters" and are taking part in a local air defense exercise called Sentry White Falcon.
Tailnumbers that they passed on their boom frequency 236.750 were: #87-0235, #87-0255, #87-0285, #87-0339, #87-0341 and #87-0374. The airspare was #87-0248.
The 182nd FS operates from Kelly AFB and is part of the 149th Fighter Wing. They fly the F-16 since 1986 and converted from the F-16A to the F-16C/D block 32 model in 1996.
Lask AB is home to the 10 ELT and flies with 24 TS-11 as a gap filler between the Mig-21MF and UM, which retired in January 2003. The unit will stay at Lask AB and will be the second Polish unit to recieve the Viper.
The 182nd FS operates from Kelly AFB and is part of the 149th Fighter Wing. They fly the F-16 since 1986 and converted from the F-16A to the F-16C/D block 32 model in 1996.
Lask AB is home to the 10 ELT and flies with 24 TS-11 as a gap filler between the Mig-21MF and UM, which retired in January 2003. The unit will stay at Lask AB and will be the second Polish unit to recieve the Viper.