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Guard F-16 crashes in Wisconsin
Dec 09, 2020 - A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Tuesday night, unfortunately the pilot did not survive. [Read more...]
D.C. Jet painted with MLB’s Nats Logo at Iowa paint facility
Jun 05, 2020 - “The one constant through all the years Ray, has been baseball.” This line from the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” was spoken by the character of Terence Mann played by actor James Earl Jones. The iconic baseball movie that asked, “Is this heaven?” about an Iowa cornfield, turned baseball field, still speaks to baseball fans throughout America. [Read more...]
Misawa supports Wisconsin ANG deployment in South Korea
Oct 31, 2017 - Badgers aren’t normally considered flying animals, but when you give them some tools, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet engine and a cool facility, they are more than capable to provide fully-functional jet engines that power highly-maneuverable aircraft. [Read more...]
Iraqi student pilot killed in F-16D crashed in Arizona
Sep 05, 2017 - An Iraqi student F-16 pilot was killed when an F-16 jet crashed during a training mission in southeastern Arizona, authorities said Wednesday. [Read more...]
176th Fighter Squadron prepares for Kunsan deployment
Jul 31, 2017 - Approximately, 200 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 176th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard are set to deploy to Kunsan Air Base, Korea for a 4-month rotation. The aircraft and personnel are scheduled to arrive at Kunsan in August. [Read more...]
F-16 crashes near Andrews AFB in Washington DC; pilot ok
Apr 05, 2017 - An F-16C that was on a training mission crashed in an unpopulated area near Andrews AFB in Maryland this morning. [Read more...]
New Jersey ANG deployment augments Osan capabilities
Feb 09, 2017 - Airmen and aircraft assigned to the 119th Fighter Squadron from the New Jersey Air National Guard began a deployment to Osan AB on February 5th. [Read more...]
180 FW trains at MacDill AFB
Feb 07, 2017 - The Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing deployed approximately 150 pilots, maintainers, operations support personnel and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to conduct a two-week training exercise January 20, 2017. [Read more...]
140th Wing returns from deployment to Hungary
Aug 19, 2016 - Approximately 200 Airmen and seven F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft are returning to Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., after spending the last 28 days deployed to Hungary in support of Panther Strike 2016 and Operation Atlantic Resolve. [Read more...]
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