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Article: Richmond, Va., National Guard Fighter Wing May Move to Langley Air Force Base.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
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- February 14, 2004
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Byline: Peter Dujardin
Feb. 14--HAMPTON, Va. -- The Virginia Air National Guard fighter wing based at Richmond International Airport soon may be coming to Langley Air Force Base.
A plan in the works would involve moving 985 Guard personnel 285 full-time and 700 part-time to Langley between 2005 and 2008, both the Air Force and the National Guard said Friday.
National Guard and active-duty Air Force pilots cooperate regularly during wartime, including in Iraq. But if the plan goes through, it would become the Air Force's first total integration anywhere of a Guard fighter wing into an active-duty fighter wing.
"Both sides are excited ...