South Carolina Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Edward Snyder.
On 12APR2021, South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing (FW) launched their F-16CJs (SEAD Wild Weasels) to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
South Carolina ANG photo by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Saint-Clair.
About 3-hundred state air-militia-personnel deployed, the unit is know as the Swamp Foxes: “Our Citizen-Airmen are fully integrated with our active component brothers and sisters to partner with our allies in the Central Command area of responsibility to deliver air power where and when needed. As we have done numerous times in the past, the Swamp Foxes will illustrate the force multiplying capabilities of our air reserve component forces.”-Colonel Akshai Gandhi, 169th FW commander
South Carolina ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Edward Snyder.
While most personnel deployed during the day, the F-16CJs left McEntire Joint National Guard Base during the night:
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