The Air Sovereingty Alert mission begins at McEntire Joint National Guard Base with a ribbon cutting ceremony, 6 May 2011. This homeland defense mission returns to the Swamp Foxes of the 169th Fighter Wing and the South Carolina Air National Guard after a nearly thirty-year departure from a time when the unit flew the F-102 "Delta Dart" until 1974. In attendance are Maj. Gen. Garry Dean - 1st Air Force (AFNORTH) and Commander of the US North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, MG Robert Livingston - the South Carolina Adjutant General, MG Lester Eisner - the South Carolina Deputy Adju


The Air Sovereingty Alert mission begins at McEntire Joint National Guard Base with a ribbon cutting ceremony, 6 May 2011. This homeland defense mission returns to the Swamp Foxes of the 169th Fighter Wing and the South Carolina Air National Guard after a nearly thirty-year departure from a time when the unit flew the F-102 "Delta Dart" until 1974. In attendance are Maj. Gen. Garry Dean - 1st Air Force (AFNORTH) and Commander of the US North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, MG Robert Livingston - the South Carolina Adjutant General, MG Lester Eisner - the South Carolina Deputy Adjutant General, BG Bramhall, Brig Gen Grady Patterson - the South Carolina Assistant Adjutant General for Air and Brig Gen Scott Williams - the 169th Fighter Wing Commander. Maj. Gen. Dean speaks during the ribbon cutting ceremony. (SC ANG : Master Sgt. Pelham Myers Jr, 6 May 2011 - by the 169th FW Public Affairs Officer, Maj. James Roth, DSN: 583-8403, Comm: (803) 647-8403, Email:


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