First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, awarded the 2009 Air Sovereignty Alert Unit of the Year award to the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing Alert Detachment, an F-16 unit based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, April 13. [USAF photo by Maj. Gabe Johnson]
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News: Arizona's air defense unit named best in US [2010-04-20]
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the 162nd Fighter Wing, an Arizona Air National Guard F-16 training unit, took to the skies to protect the Southwest as part of Operation Noble Eagle - this month the unit was named the best air sovereignty alert force in the country.
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