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 The 119th FW of the North Dakota ANG has logged over 50,000 hours of accident-free flight time in the F-16, an accomplishment formally announced by North Dakota Governor John Hoeven. The Fargo-based unit, better known as the Happy Hooligans, has flown the single-engine fighter aircraft since converting from the F-4 in March 1990. A flight of two F-16s topped the 50,000 mark in May during a basic fighter maneuver training flight in military airspace over the Devils Lake region. North Dakota ANG pilots and aircraft maintenance crews have safely operated fighter aircraft for more than twenty-eight years, accumulating more than 122,000 total safe flying hours in fighter aircraft since 1973. |
