Duluth's 148th Fighter Wing to deploy to Afghanistan
About 300 are headed to Kandahar Air Field in August for about two months. It will be the first time the fighter wing uses its Block 50 F-16s in deployment. The wing received the first of the Block 50s in April 2010. Worth about $30 million each, the Block 50s are as much as 13 years newer than the Block 25s the 148th was flying.
About 300 are headed to Kandahar Air Field in August for about two months. It will be the first time the fighter wing uses its Block 50 F-16s in deployment. The wing received the first of the Block 50s in April 2010. Worth about $30 million each, the Block 50s are as much as 13 years newer than the Block 25s the 148th was flying.
