The Virginia Air National Guard’s 192nd Fighter Wing received its official activation at Langley AFB, Va., last week, formally marking the shift of the unit from its F-16 days at Richmond Airport in Sandston, Va. The Air Guard wing now operates as a classic associate unit, flying and maintaining F-22As with the active duty 1st Fighter Wing. In fact, SrA. Meaghan McNeil reports that the 192nd FW Air Guardsmen have been participating with their counterparts in the 1st FW on “every Raptor deployment since May 2005. The Air Guardsmen flew their last F-16 Viper flights in June.
The Air Force is placing Air Combat Command in charge of teaching combat tactics to fighter and remotely-piloted aircraft units, according to a May 12 announcement. Beginning this summer, the service will reassign the formal training units for the F-35, F-16, and MQ-9 from Air Education and Training Command to…