01/28/2015: South Carolina National Guard, along with North Carolina and Georgia National Guard units conducted “Carolina Thunder 14”, a drill weekend, joint training exercise Nov. 15, 2014. More than 30 aircraft participated in the mass take-off from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C. Units conducted air and ground operations…
11/16/2014: U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., taxi and takeoff for a training mission from Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2014. Swamp Fox Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing and South Carolina Air National Guard are…
11/14/2014: As we learned during our visit to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, air wing integration training includes working with the joint forces. As the Admiral Scott Conn noted: “We participate in some of the planning for joint exercises. We participate in those exercises as well. Our EA-18G…
01/02/2011 - Capt. Ryan Madrid, a fighter pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a mission from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on August 17, 2010. The 169th Fighter Wing sent F-16's, pilots, maintenance specialists, and support personnel overseas…
