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Air Force Reserve warns F‑16 divestment at Nellis will cut adversary‑air instructor capacity
3429050 · May 21, 2025
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Lieutenant General John Healy and other witnesses said divestment of pre‑block F‑16s at Nellis threatens the aggressor (adversary‑air) mission and will reduce instructor‑pilot capacity unless replacement options are funded.
Lieutenant General John Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, told the subcommittee the 706th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base is scheduled to divest 19 pre‑block F‑16s between October and December of this year and there is currently no program of record to replace those aircraft.
Healy said the divestment will remove…
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