The Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing is sending more than 150 airmen and eight F-16s to participate in close air support training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., reports the Great Falls Tribune. The two-week exercise, which kicks off Dec. 1, is called Snowbird.
The Air Force in October carried out a homeland defense mission, with jets including F-16 Fighting Falcons, in Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands to show a base there could safeguard the northern regions.