F-35As to base with 187th FW

The Air Force selected Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Ala.’s 187th Fighter Wing and Truax Field near Madison, Wis., and its 115th Fighter Wing for the next two Air National Guard F-35A Lightning II base locations. F-35As will begin to replace the older fourth-generation aircraft, but the AF will continue to fly both fifth and fourth-generation fighters into the 2040s. Dannelly’s 187th Fighter Wing provides the nation with an F-16C+ Aviation Package, RC-26B Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance platform and Expeditionary Combat Support functions organized, trained, and equipped for rapid worldwide combat deployment, domestic relief and law enforcement operations. Truax is to receive 18 F-35As that will replace the current 21 primarily assigned F-16 Fighting Falcons. The AF expects the F-35As to begin arriving at Dannelly and Truax in 2023. (Source: Air Force 04/15/20) https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2151179/air-force-makes-final-basing-decision-for-next-two-air-national-guard-f-35a-bas/