Fighter wing, base security forces scheduled exercises Wednesday

Staff Sgt. Jacob Reyes, 88th Security Forces Squadron unit training instructor, gives SFS “Defenders” a safety brief prior to conducting sustainment training with M4 carbine rifles and M18 pistols at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2021. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH

Credit: Wesley Farnsworth

Credit: Wesley Farnsworth

Staff Sgt. Jacob Reyes, 88th Security Forces Squadron unit training instructor, gives SFS “Defenders” a safety brief prior to conducting sustainment training with M4 carbine rifles and M18 pistols at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2021. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH

The Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 88th Security Forces both scheduled separate exercises today.

Alert fighter jets from the 180th Fighter Wing were set to conduct a test of the Aerospace Control Alert system on between 8 a.m. and noon today. Those living in and around the Delaware, Middletown and Dayton areas may hear and/or see fighter jets close to a Civil Air Patrol aircraft, which will be taking on the role of a Track of Interest.

It was not immediately clear if this morning’s thunderstorms in the Dayton area affected that exercise. The jets did take off from their Toledo-area base, a fighter wing representative said.

On Wright-Patterson, no impact on facility use or traffic flow was expected from training by base security forces today.

“Defenders will conduct emergency response training and base personnel may hear sirens and see Security Force vehicles with lights,” the base said.

Residents and motorists near the base might hear sirens. They’re advised it is part of an on-base exercise, unless otherwise notified, the base said.

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