New Jersey ANG Deploys to SWA: About 150 Air Guardsmen from New Jersey’s 177th Fighter Wing deployed Feb. 19 for Southwest Asia, joining some 50 fellow 177th airmen already in SWA. This deployment marks a repeat visit—more than one—for many of the Guardsmen, reports the Press of Atlantic City. They are to work with ANG members from F-16 fighter wings in Indiana and Vermont, assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
