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13th FS to deploy to Korea
February 5, 2009 (by
Asif Shamim) -
The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to temporarily deploy approximately 14 F-16s from 13 FS to the Republic of Korea later this month for approximately six months.
The deploying F-16s and associated personnel will temporarily replace the departing 1-2 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, which is relocating from Camp Eagle, ROK, to Fort Carson, Colorado in March.
The deployment is part of an effort by the U.S. Air Force to balance assets to support regional stability in the Asia-Pacific theater and meet the needs of the ongoing Global War on Terror.
The 35th Fighter Wing flies the F-16, a multi-role fighter capable of conducting a broad range of missions, including suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses, close air support, precision strike and counter-air. Its systems provide the capability to detect, target, and precisely deliver weapons to destroy enemy air defenses.
USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0357 from the 13th FS sits in a hangar at Misawa AB
The deployment is part of an effort by the U.S. Air Force to balance assets to support regional stability in the Asia-Pacific theater and meet the needs of the ongoing Global War on Terror.
The 35th Fighter Wing flies the F-16, a multi-role fighter capable of conducting a broad range of missions, including suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses, close air support, precision strike and counter-air. Its systems provide the capability to detect, target, and precisely deliver weapons to destroy enemy air defenses.
Courtesy of 35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Additional images:
USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0423 from the 13th FS is flying a training sortie over the Japanese peninsula. [Photo by Jake Melampy]
Crew chiefs prep F-16 block 50 #92-3891 from the 13th FS for takeoff on January 18th, 2008 from Misawa AFB. Members of the 13th FS were headed to Eglin AFB, to participate in exercise Combat Hammer. [USAF photo by CMSgt. Michael Atkinson]