CAP Pilots Face Long-Term Training Backlog

By Adam J. Hebert / June 6, 2002 at 5:00 AM
ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NJ --The pilots primarily responsible for flying combat air patrols over New York and Washington face a long-term training backlog as their homeland defense mission preempted months of flying normally devoted to training for conventional combat missions, according to officials here at the New Jersey Air National Guard. The 177th Fighter Wing and its 15 combat-designated F-16s are still expected to participate in Air Force air expeditionary forces, and are scheduled for a possible 30-day deployment...

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