My home-town Air National Guard unit, the 131st Fighter Wing, has been flying fighters ever since I can remember. I think the 110th Fighter Squadron was flying the F-100 Super Sabre around the time I was born. In 1978 they transitioned to the F-4 Phantom. They switched to the F-15A Eagle in 1991. In the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (2005 BRAC) report recommended sending the jets to Nellis AFB, NV (to stand up an F-15 Aggressor squadron [Good idea. . . I’m tired of going TDY to fight more F-16s! – ed]) and to Atlantic City, NJ to replace the F-16s there.
The Air Force recently released the future mission of the 131st. Click here to see.
It’s too bad they didn’t stay a fighter unit long enough to get the F-35. I would have loved to have gone home to fly one of the hottest new things around.
Yeah, Mrs. A. just emailed me this. Too bad. Anyway, I fixed up the links, editors, and added this little commenting system. You don’t have to go through registering to post a comment, just read the little capcha image. This makes sure it’s a human posting and not some spam-bot hawking viagra.
Oh, and cool! I see that you got the hang of making links and categories an\’ stuff.
WordPress is actually pretty user-friendly. Or maybe I’m just a rocket scientist?
Thanks for the assist!
Nice catch on the force protection there for Mrs. A. *chuckle*
I’m all about force protection!