The 157th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the South Carolina Air National Guard 169th Fighter Wing located at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Columbia, South Carolina. The 157th FS is one of the few Air National Guard squadrons to operate the HARM Targeting System (HTS)-equipped F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcon, also known as the F-16CJ.
Swamp Foxes in the air. Demon flight of F-16 pilots from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard flies a training mission in the KIWI MOA airspace over the coast of North Carolina.
North American P-51D Mustang, AF Ser. No. 44-73699, assigned to the 157th in 1946. Note the "NG" on the tail, indicating the photo was taken before the Air National Guard was established in September 1947
157th FIS 3-ship F-86L Sabre Interceptor aircraft formation, 1959
157th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, AF Ser. No. 56-1048, 1973.
South Carolina Air National Guard
The South Carolina Air National Guard (SC ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of South Carolina, United States of America. It is, along with the South Carolina Army National Guard, an element of the South Carolina National Guard.
An F-16C Fighting Falcon Block 52 of the 157th Fighter Squadron flies next to a Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules from the 169th Operations Support Flight, 169th Fighter Wing. The 157th is the oldest unit in the South Carolina Air National Guard, having over 50 years of service to the state and nation.
An F-16C Block 52P Fighting Falcon with the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off at Kandahar Airfield for a day-time mission over Afghanistan on 1 July 2012. South Carolina Air National Guard pilots and support personnel flew missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for ground troops in Afghanistan.
Members of the 169th Security Forces Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base
