F-16 pilots, maintainers, and support personnel of the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing are deploying on a Pacific theater security package to Andersen AFB, Guam, this month, officials announced. The Toledo-based unit is relieving airmen of the Oklahoma ANG’s 138th FW from Tulsa, which are currently deployed on a TSP to Kadena AB, Japan, according to the release. The Oklahoma unit is redeploying 12 F-16Cs from Kadena to Andersen, where they will be flown by Ohio’s 112th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. The approximately 200 Ohio personnel will take part in Exercise Cope North alongside US and allied air arms next month, in addition to conducting routine operations. The Air Force has regularly deployed TSPs to the Asia-Pacific Theater to augment permanently based assets since 2004, and began deploying TSPs to Europe in response to increased tensions with Russia in 2015.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
