A competitive process underway now through the Air Force could determine the future of a fighter fleet in Sioux Falls.
Since the early 1990s, the South Dakota Air National Guard base in Sioux Falls has been home to the F-16 Fighting Falcon; however, the jet will start to be phased out in the next 10 to 15 years.
Air Force airmen assigned to the 114th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, perform pre-flight procedures during Operation EDGECRUSHER, a combat readiness inspection, Aug. 5 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Kyle St. Pierre) …