Air Guard F-16s to fly over Springfield today

F-16 crews from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing flew training missions out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2013, while their home runway at Toledo Express Airport was repaved. CHRIS STEWART / STAFF FILE PHOTO

Credit: Chris Stewart

Credit: Chris Stewart

F-16 crews from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing flew training missions out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2013, while their home runway at Toledo Express Airport was repaved. CHRIS STEWART / STAFF FILE PHOTO

Fighter jets were set to fly over Springfield this morning on a training exercise with a Civil Air Patrol aircraft, officials said.

The F-16 Fighting Falcons, part of the 180th Fighter Wing, will be training through 10 a.m., according to the Ohio Air National Guard.