The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing has just opened a new $13 million alert facility, reports the Asbury Park Press. The facility includes three aircraft shelters to keep the wing’s F-16s readily available, but out of the weather,for the unit’s air defense mission.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…