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DC Air National Guard deploying to Afghanistan Oct 07, 2011 - More than 175 members of the 113th Wing, District of Columbia Air National Guard, will deploy to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, this week in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. [Read more...]	148th FW pilots recall eerie days after 9/11 Sep 15, 2011 - Soon after airplanes-turned-missiles slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2011, a Minnesota Air National Guard unit launched into action. [Read more...]

SAFE SKIES 2011 closing ceremonies, mission complete Jul 29, 2011 - SAFE SKIES 2011 came to a close on July 29 after twelve days of what officials said were successful flying training missions. [Read more...]	S.C. Air National Guard assumes alert mission May 13, 2011 - The 20th Fighter Wing turned over responsibility for the air sovereignty alert mission to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., May 6. [Read more...]
Arizona alert pilot named best in U.S. Feb 28, 2011 - In a post 9/11 world, hundreds of alert fighter pilots across the country know the feeling of sprinting to a jet at the shrieking sound of a klaxon - the piercing alarm that sends them into the skies to meet an unknown threat. [Read more...]	ANG fighter wing preps for alert missions at Tyndall Feb 01, 2011 - Shooting down enemy aircraft over American soil is an event U.S.-based alert pilots train for. [Read more...]
F-16 lands at Prestwick after fuel leak Jan 08, 2011 - An F-16 block 50 from 480th FS made an emergency landing at Glasgow Prestwick Airport after suffering a fuel leak. [Read more...]	Lajes airmen support PAF on first deployment to Red Flag Jul 19, 2010 - On their way to the U.S. for the first time to sharpen their close-air-support skills, six F-16 fighter jets from Pakistan and their crew members took a quick stop at Lajes Field July 14-15 before heading to Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [Read more...]
MetaVR's Visual Systems in new F-16 MTC at VTANG facilities Jun 23, 2010 - The new F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) located at the Vermont Air National Guard (ANG) facilities at the Burlington International Airport, Burlington, VT officially opened for operation on June 4, 2010. [Read more...]	Farewell Falcon - "Con La Diana Sul Petto" May 01, 2010 - Since June 2003 the A.M.I. has been flying 34 leased F-16's operated by 2 different units, 5° Stormo based at Cervia - San Giorgio with 23° Gruppo and 37° Stormo based at Trapani - Birgi with 10° & 18° Gruppo. [Read more...]

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