The Air Force has begun replacing Eielson Air Force Base’s aging fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons with upgraded models of the fighter jet. The first two of the newer jets arrived last week.
Two newer F-16 Fighting Falcons formerly based at Dannelly Field, an Alabama Air National Guard Base, taxi into a hangar at Eielson Air Force Base after arriving on Jan. 12, 2023.
“So, it’s still the same airframe and engine,” says Lt. Col. Albert Roper, the commander of Eielson’s 18th Aggressor Squadron. “However, with the increase in systems capabilities upgrade, some of the software, the processors, all that has been replaced.” “Our daily training here is interaction with local fifth-gen aircraft here in the state of Alaska, both F-22s from down there at JBER and then with the F-35s here at Eielson Air Force Base, in order to keep them operationally proficient and combat-ready,” he said in an interview Thursday.
“The mission of the Aggressors is to know the threat,” he said. “We teach that threat to our combat aircrews and their partner nations. And then we replicate that threat in the aircraft.”
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