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USAF Selects Holloman AFB For F-16 Training Squadrons

November 21 2016

USA

The U.S. Air Force has selected Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., as its preferred alternative for an interim home for two new F-16 fighter training squadrons, reports the Air Force News Service.

The service made the announcement on Thursday.

The new squadrons have been established to increase the training of fighter pilots as the Air Force faces a shortage.

Holloman has the capacity and existing command structure to begin producing pilots faster than other alternative, the...

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