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    F-16C Fighting Falcon USAF 148th FW, 179th FS Bulldogs HA3842

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      USAF 148th FW, 179th FS Bulldogs MN ANG, #91-0391, Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, September 2012

      The 179th Fighter Squadron “Bulldogs” began as the 393rd FS in 1943 and was deactivated at the end of WWII. In September 1947 the 393rd was re-activated as the 179th FIS in Duluth with the Minnesota Air National Guard becoming part of the 148th Fighter Group in 1960. In 1990 through 1991 the 179th FS/148th FG received the F-16A and in 2010 re-equipped with the F-16C Block 50 to become Wild Weasels with a mission to Suppress and/or Destroy Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). In 2012 the 179th deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan.