Air Combat Command and Air Force Reserve Command have cemented the Total Force Integration initiative to share F-16 operations at Hill AFB, Utah, between ACC’s 388th Fighter Wing and AFRC’s 419th FW. Officials for the two commands signed a memorandum of understanding last week, setting in place “a test case for future fighter associate programs,” reports 2nd Lt. Beth Woodward and Kari Tilton. The Reserve unit will be giving up its Block 30 F-16s, which go to other Reserve and Air National Guard units, and will be sharing the Block 40 F-16s of the 388th FW. The 388th also gets around 15 additional Vipers from Cannon AFB, N.M., bringing its total to about 80 aircraft.
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.