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Article: Air Force, Air Guard pilots merge in F/A-22 Wing.(UP FRONT)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Air National Guard pilots are training to fly the F/A-22 Raptor as part of an experimental combat unit that combines active duty and Guard fighter members.
Pilots and ground crews from the Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing, based in Richmond, Va., will fly and maintain Raptors of the active duty 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Yet, personnel from the 192nd will remain members of the Guard.
The Air Force touts this arrangement as evidence of the ongoing integration between active-duty and Guard units. The Air Force fighter wing taps into a pool of highly experienced Air Guard pilots and maintainers. In return, the 192nd will trade its 1980s-era ...