Posted on 04/02/2009 5:03:16 PM PDT by SandRat
Tucson's skies will see some extra military jet traffic from mid-April to early May.
A dozen F-16 fighters are coming to town from Texas for two weeks of training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The aircraft and aviators, from the 149th Fighter Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, will be here as part of Operation Snowbird, a training program for U.S. military pilots and those from allied nations.
The program provides pre-deployment practice in desert and mountain terrain, simulating conditions the pilots may encounter during missions overseas.
The sight of F-16s isn't uncommon in Tucson. The 162nd Fighter Wing, an Air National Guard unit, operates 70 of the fighter jets from a base at Tucson International Airport.
Better train while we still got em.
I am not at all impressed with the new stuff - other than the F22 - and I won’t advise my kids to fly them.
I will probably be the last generation in my family to be a military pilot.
I thought the same thing you did. But I did a google search on the unit and apparently it is headquartered at Lackland.
F-16 ping.
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