When it comes to training for Shaw’s F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots, the sky’s the limit.
Unfortunately, that sky is, in fact, limited.
“As weapons technology continues to develop, fighter pilots need to shoot and intercept adversaries from increasingly longer distances,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alexander Vane, 20th Operations Support Squadron commander. “As a result, we are starting to outgrow our primary air combat training airspace off the S.C. coastline. Additionally, Shaw AFB is situated near one of the busiest air traffic corridors in the United States; There is physically no room for our airspace to grow.”
In 2022, the 20th Fighter Wing and partners throughout the Federal Aviation Administration, Marine...
