Vermont Business Magazine The 104th Fighter Wing is scheduled to fly in and around Vermont during the month of June. The Barnes National Guard Base in Westfield, MA, said in a statement: "We do not want to alarm the residents around the local area who may be startled by the additional flying. The training is a critical part of our mission and allows us to accomplish core training tasks. We would appreciate your help in sharing this news, to help alleviate the local residents from being alarmed."
The Vermont Air Guard in Burlington said that this information may be redundant for some, but for maximum awareness we wanted to share the 104th Fighter Wing's press release pertaining to their temporary use of Southern Vermont to conduct training with their F-15's from June 1-19. In addition to this announcement, more information is also available through the FAA: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffi
The 104th Fighter Wing is made up of highly trained personnel ready to provide Air Superiority on-demand anywhere in the world with 21 assigned F-15C Eagle Aircraft. The 104th is trained to provide 24/7 Aerospace Control Alert, providing armed F-15 fighters ready to scramble in a moment’s notice to protect the northeast United States from any airborne threat, security for one-quarter of the nation’s population and over one-third of the Gross Domestic Product.
The Wing is always on call for emergency response to include security, logistics, communications, explosive ordnance disposal, firefighting, and medical support to the nation and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source: Vermont Air Guard, Burlington, VT. BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, WESTFIELD, Massachusetts 6.1.2021