169th Fighter Wing News

Nov. 24, 2020
Swamp Fox Intel Hosts Air Combat Command Course

The 169th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) Intelligence Flight hosted the Air Combat Command (ACC) Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) mobile training course from November 9-20. The course consisted of students from the 51st Intelligence Squadron and the 20th OSS Intelligence Flight from Shaw Air
Oct. 4, 2020
Swamp Fox recruiters meet FY20 goal by successfully adapting to a COVID-19 world

The 169th Fighter Wing’s Recruiting and Retention team met its fiscal year 2020 enlistment goal and continues bringing in potential Airmen to the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Steve David, Recruiting and Retention
May 14, 2020
Swamp Foxes pay tribute to 9/11 with special aircraft paint job

The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Maintenance Group honored the memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 with a commemorative paint job on one of the SCANG’s F-16 aircraft.
April 28, 2020
Swamp Fox salute medical professionals during statewide flyover

F-16s from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing paid tribute to the state’s medical professionals and first responders during a round-the-state flyover, Monday, April 27.
April 14, 2020
McEntire JNGB Fire Department construction underway

A nearly $8 million construction project for an upgraded and expanded base fire department is ongoing for the next scheduled 18 months.
Jan. 31, 2020
McEntire JNGB supports Seymour Johnson AFB exercise

F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. and C-130J Hercules military transport aircraft from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. descended onto the home of the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing as a part of Exercise Agile Lion, Jan. 14-16, testing
Dec. 20, 2019
245th ATCS returns from successful tour in Iraq

Swamp Fox Airmen from the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron returned recently from a seven-month deployment to Al Asad Air Base in central Iraq. Seventeen air traffic controllers and maintainers from the SCANG joined another dozen Airmen from the Mississippi Air National Guard for the March through
Dec. 18, 2019
Swamp Fox pause for Resiliency Stand-Down

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein ordered all wings across the Air Force to stand down for a day and focus on suicide prevention and resiliency after an increase of suicides in the Air Force, the SCANG held theirs in conjunction with an afternoon of family time.
Oct. 28, 2019
Swamp Fox Airmen fly ‘Missing Man’ formation for former Vietnam POW

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jack Van Loan passed away in Columbia, October 14 and received full military honors during the funeral for his nearly 30 years of service, including his 2,116 days spent in the North Vietnamese prison, nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton.
Oct. 25, 2019
McEntire hosts SC Military Base Task Force meeting

The South Carolina Military Base Task Force held its quarterly meeting on McEntire JNGB to discuss key issues related to the military across the state, October 23, 2019.