Air National Guard Raises Concerns About Losing Fighter Missions

An F-16 from the New Jersey Air National Guard. Credit: Air National Guard

An F-16 from the New Jersey Air National Guard.

Credit: Air National Guard
AURORA, Colorado—The Air National Guard is facing uncertainty in how it will meet some of its homeland defense requirements as the U.S. Air Force retires aging aircraft with some of the squadrons not assigned a follow-on mission. Specifically, four pre-block F-16 fighter units across the U.S. are...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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