The 169th FW at McEntire ANGB are set to receive additional F-16CJs from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho as part of the BRAC alignment from last year.
The first pair of F16s of the 184th FS departed on the 17th for there new assignment with the 144th FW, California ANG.
Another 170 airmen from the South Dakota Air National Guard leave Sioux Falls Thursday for duty in Southwest Asia. They're part of the 114th Fighter Wing and will work with F-16 fighter jets.
F-16s from the Michigan Air National Guard scrambled in response to the aircrash of a small plane into a high rise in New York City.
Air National Guard F-16 pilots from the 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio, Texas, faced off against Eagle drivers from the host 199th Fighter Squadron at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, in September during a two-week exercise called Sentry Aloha.
F-16s from 31st Fighter Wing are due to deploy to RAF Fairford for a joint exercise with RAF/NATO assets.
The remainder of the 23rd Fighter Squadron returned home to Spangdahlem Air Base on Saturday after a 2½-month deployment to the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar.
About 300 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard are heading to Okinawa, Japan this
week to begin a six-week training mission, officials announced.
From the depot of the Ogden Air Logistics Center to the tarmac of the 388th Fighter Wing, the first squadron of Common Configuration Implementation Program Block 40 F-16s was declared war-ready Monday thanks to members of Team Hill.
The first of 17 F-16s from the 944th Fighter Wing departed Luke on Tuesday for Hill Air Force Base, Utah, where it will undergo Falcon Star, a life-extending set of upgrades.
While most participants involved in Exercise Viper Lance 2006 at Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, Romania, call it a day at sunset, the workday is just beginning for maintainers on the night shift.
About 250 airmen and 14 F-16 fighters from Spangdahlem's 52nd Fighter Wing left on Tuesday for a three-week multinational exercise in Romania to let pilots hone their low-flying skills.
The Air Force will activate the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska and equip them with F-16 Block 30s.
According to news reports from the "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" and "NEWS3 channel", during a change-of-command ceremony already on May 7, Col. Kevin Wear assumed command of the 188th Fighter Wing "Flying Razorbacks" (Arkansas ANG), Forth Smith Regional Airport, which includes the 184th Fighter Squadron with F-16s.
According to "The Gunfighter", official base newspaper for Mountain Home AFB, near Boise, Idaho, during a change-of-command ceremony on May 31 afternoon Col. Anthony J. "Tony" Rock assumed command of the 366th Fighter Wing "Gunfighters" (ACC), beginning an anticipated two-year tour of duty.
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