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Mountain Home commander briefs Idaho senators on readiness, training and base projects
Summary
Colonel Michael Farrow, commander of the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, told the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee the wing is preparing for a security environment in which the U.S. may no longer enjoy a technological overmatch and updated senators on training, deployments and base projects.
Colonel Michael Farrow, commander of the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, briefed the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee on the wing’s priorities, recent training and infrastructure projects, and said the base is preparing for a security environment in which the United States no longer automatically enjoys a technological overmatch.
Farrow told the committee that Mountain Home’s mission is to "provide mission-ready gunfighters to conduct operations anytime, anywhere," and said the wing is focusing on China as its pacing threat. "We no longer have the technological overmatch that we have enjoyed in recent decades," Farrow said, adding that the change in the strategic environment means the homeland “is no longer sanctuary.”
The presentation summarized major 2024 activities. Farrow said the base won the Commander in Chief Installation Excellence Award; the wing prototyped a portable solar power cell to run austere command centers for 24–48 hours; and the base used award…
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