The 388th Fighter Wing
is the largest tenant unit at Hill AFB, and it operates and maintains
the world’s largest Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared Night (LANTIRN)
F-16 wing. The primary mission of the 388th Fighter Wing and its Reserve Associate
unit, the 419th Fighter Wing, is to have professionals ready to deploy, employ and sustain
F-16s and air control assets worldwide to fight and win any conflict.
Although located on an Air Force Materiel Command base, the 388th is assigned to 12th
Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, and Air Combat
Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
The 388th Fighter Wing’s three active-duty fighter squadrons, the 4th “Fightin’ Fuujins,”
the 34th “Rams” and the 421st “Black Widows” are teamed up with its Reserve Associate
fighter squadron, the 466th “Diamondbacks,” flying the newly upgraded F-16CG.