According to recent data, of some 33,000 airmen deployed to combatant commands, 4,000 are from the Air National Guard and 2,000 from Air Force Reserve Command—roughly 25 percent. At home, for Operation Noble Eagle, ANG and AFRC airmen have flown 30,000 of the 43,000 fighter, tanker, and AWACS sorties. Air Guard and Air Reserve members make up 88 percent of the service’s aeromedical evacuation crewmembers.
USAF Doubles Down on More F-16 Fighters near North Korea
April 24, 2025
The U.S. Air Force will ramp up its fighter presence near North Korea by sending more than two dozen additional F-16s and 1,000 Airmen from Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, South Korea.