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Air Force, Navy combine for air combat skills training

April 30th, 2009
Pilots from the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, honed their air-to-air combat training skills along side their naval counterparts from the Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2), Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., during a two-week training mission here.

Air Guard pilots from the 176th Fighter Squadron put their F-16C Fighting Falcons to the test against FA-18F Super Hornets from the active-duty Navy squadron. The training missions featured air-to-air and air-to-ground offensive and defensive combat tactics designed to simulate real-world operations.
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