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  • Staff Sgt. Henry Ivy (right), a crew chief with the alert detachment, runs through F-16 launch procedures while Staff Sgt. Pete Blanding, a videographer from Air Combat Command, records the process for training purposes. The film crew from Langley Air Force Base, Va., also captured the inner workings of recovery, pilot responsibilities, crew chief duties and de-arm procedures.

    Arizona alert detachment held up as the 'Gold Standard'

    Arizona's Air National Guard F-16 alert detachment here is the focus of new training video for other alert units to follow when standing up air sovereignty alert missions. The D-M alert unit is a detachment of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing headquartered at Tucson International Airport, and its team of pilots and maintainers
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