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AF selects locations for next two Air National Guard F-35 bases
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
December 21, 2017
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force has selected Truax Field ANGB, Wisconsin and Dannelly Field, Alabama as the preferred locations for the next two ANG F-35A bases.
“Selecting Truax Field and Dannelly Field will increase Air National Guard F-35A units providing 5th-generation airpower around the world,” said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. “As F-35As arrive at these locations, we will use the existing aircraft at these fields to replace the aging F-16s at other Air National Guard units.”
F-35As will eventually replace many of the 4th-generation Air Force aircraft. However, the Air Force will continue to fly a mix of 5th- and 4th-generation fighters into the 2040s, in order to maintain enough fighters to meet combatant commander requirements, provide required training, and allow a reasonable deployment tempo for the force.
“Putting F-35s at these two Air National Guard bases continues our transition into the next generation of air superiority,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein. “It helps ensure we can always offer the Commander-in-Chief airpower options and be ready to penetrate any enemy air defenses, hold any target at risk, and go when and where the president tells us to go. We’re the options folks. The F-35 is critical to the family of systems we need to accomplish this mission for the nation now and in the future.”
At this time, the Air Force expects the F-35As to begin arriving at Truax Field in early 2023 and at Dannelly Field later that year.
These locations remain preferred alternatives until the secretary of the Air Force makes the final basing decisions after the requisite environmental analysis is complete.
The Air Force also evaluated Gowen Field ANGB, Idaho, Selfridge ANGB, Michigan, and Jacksonville Air Guard Station, Florida in this round of decisions. Those bases were reasonable alternatives, but not preferred.
Previously, the secretary of the Air Force selected three active-duty operational locations and one Air National Guard location – Hill AFB, Utah; RAF Lakenheath, England; Eielson AFB, Alaska; and Burlington AGS, Vermont.
Additionally, the Air Force announced NAS-JRB Fort Worth as the preferred alternative for the first Air Force Reserve F-35 base.
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