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120th FW commander praises the F-16

Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Great Falls Tribune recently interviewed a commander with the 120th FW’s Montana's Air National Guard (MANG) who praised the F-16 as having "great manoeuvrability and reliability."

Fireballs return from Guam

Thursday, October 11, 2007
History was made for the former 27th Fighter Wing as the 522nd Fighter Squadron, or Fireballs, and their Aircraft Maintenance Unit returned from their deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam last week.

57th ATG Aggressors hit the road

Friday, October 05, 2007
More than 150 Aggressor Airmen from the 57th Adversary Tactics Group returned from two successful training deployments to Shaw AFB and Eglin AFB last week.
From September 24th through to October 1st, the 31 Tiger squadron participated in the annual NATO Tiger Meet exercise nicknamed 'Arctic Tiger'. The Tigers of 338 Skv hosted this event from their homebase at Orland, Norway.
The 522 Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed from Cannon Air Force Base, is wrapping up the final deployment for their squadron and, ultimately, the 27th Fighter Wing.
The 522nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Andersen AB took advantage of having other airframes present on the island to practice some unique joint training scenarios.
Today, the 308th Fighter Squadron graduates Class 07-EBG, adding thirteen new F-16 pilots to the U.S. Air Force.

22nd FS deploy as part of AEF 9/10

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The last of more than 300 airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base left for the Middle East on Tuesday as part of a scheduled deployment.

62d FS graduates 11 new Viper drivers

Monday, September 24, 2007
2007 began, a pack of young pilots gathered for training in the F-16 as part of 62nd Fighter Squadron in class 07-CBC.

100th FS to be reactivated to fly F-16

Thursday, September 13, 2007
An old name and a famous paint scheme is returning to the skies above central Alabama. The commanding general of the Air Force is reactivating the 100th FS as part of Montgomery's 187th ANG Wing.

122 Fighter Wing deploys to Iraq

Thursday, September 13, 2007
200 members of the 122nd Fighter Wing left Fort Wayne yesterday to take part in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), which provides training for all Belgian Air Force F-16 pilots, and which is stationed at Kleine Brogel, arranged an air-squadron on Thursday afternoon.
The F-16s from the 4th Fighter Squadron "Fightin' Fuujins" will be the first in the wing to deploy with new technology and with Reservists by their side.
An Alabama Air National Guard fighter squadron out of Montgomery has deployed in support of Operation Noble Eagle.
The last of the 419th Fighter Wing's F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft left on June 28, signifying an end of an era and a beginning of another for the unit.

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