• 114th Fighter Wing Completes Operation EDGECRUSHER

    The 114th Fighter Wing completed Operation EDGECRUSHER, a Combat Readiness Inspection, or CRI, Aug. 3-9, 2026, testing Airmen at Joe Foss Field, alternate training locations in South Dakota and contingency locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota.The weeklong inspection tested the wing’s ability to

  • 114th Fighter Wing Conducts Communications Degradation Exercise

    The South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing conducted a communications outage exercise at Joe Foss Field, Jan. 10, to evaluate the wing’s ability to sustain mission operations with limited communications across multiple work centers.During the exercise, the wing relied on established

  • Col. Jon Friedman assumes command of the 114th Fighter Wing

    Col. Jon Friedman assumed command of the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, from Col. Brandon Eskam during a change of command ceremony at Joe Foss Field, Jan. 11, 2026.Presided over by U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Cory Kestel, the assistant adjutant general for air of the South

  • F-16 Fighting Falcon milestone: 10,000 flight hours and counting

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the South Dakota Air National Guard achieved a significant milestone by surpassing 10,000 flight hours on October 17, 2025, at Joe Foss Field. This accomplishment is a testament to the skilled operators and the disciplined and dedicated maintenance professionals of the

  • South Dakota Air National Guard Chief of Staff Promoted to Brigadier General

    Maj. Gen. (SD) Mark Morrell, The Adjutant General of the South Dakota National Guard, administers the oath of office to Brig. Gen. Manuel Colón-DeJesús, chief of staff for Air at Joint Force Headquarters, South Dakota National Guard, during an official pinning ceremony at Joe Foss Field, South

  • 114th FW F-16s forge joint capability and readiness at Northern Strike 25-2

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Will Hamilton, an aerospace ground equipment specialist assigned to the 114th Maintenance Squadron, examines the front landing gear area of a F-16 Fighting Falcon during Exercise Northern Strike 25-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2025.

  • Resolute Lobo 2025

    Airmen assigned to the 114th Fighter Wing are participating in a familiarization class on the AK-47 for Resolute Lobo at Joe Foss Field, South Dakota Aug. 5, 2025. The goal of Resolute Lobo is to build a team of multi-capable Airmen and agile warfighters with the ability to be innovative while

  • 114th Fighter Wing performs Integrated Combat Turns

    A F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 114th Fighter Wing, taxis toward munitions during Integrated Combat Turn training at Joe Foss Field, South Dakota, July 15, 2025. An ICT procedure rapidly recovers and relaunches aircraft by combining hot pit refueling, munitions loading, configuration changes and