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F-16 fighters are heading to D-M for training program
Arizona Daily Star ^

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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: dm; f16; training; tucson

1 posted on 04/02/2009 5:03:16 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: SandRat

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.


2 posted on 04/02/2009 5:11:56 PM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: SandRat
Since When is there an F-16 Fighter Wing at Lackland AFB?,Texas.Lackland doesn't even have a runway.Though Kelly Field is right next door.All they do there is Service C-5’s and other Transport Aircraft.
3 posted on 04/02/2009 5:13:07 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: puppypusher

I thought the same thing you did. But I did a google search on the unit and apparently it is headquartered at Lackland.


4 posted on 04/02/2009 6:59:02 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: SandRat; Sparky1776; militant2; TaMoDee; freedumb2003

F-16 ping.


5 posted on 04/02/2009 11:28:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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