114th Fighter Wing The 114th Fighter Wing ( 114 FW ) is a unit of the South Dakota Air National Guard , stationed at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station , Sioux Falls , South Dakota . If activated to federal service , the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . Overview . 114th Fighter Wing is an Air Combat Command gained F - 16C / D Fighting Falcon wing which deploys worldwide and executes directed tactical fighter sorties to destroy enemy forces , supplies , equipment , communications systems and installations with conventional munitions . Units . The 114th FW consists of the following units : History . On 16 April 1956 , the South Dakota Air National Guard 175th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level , and the 114th Fighter - Interceptor Group was established by the National Guard Bureau . The 175th FIS becoming the group ' s flying squadron . Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 114th Headquarters , 114th Material Squadron ( Maintenance ) , 114th Combat Support Squadron , and the 114th USAF Dispensary . During the 1950s and 1960s , the unit was upgraded by ADC as newer interceptors became available to the Air National Guard . F - 89 Scorpion s were received in 1958 and F - 102A Delta Dagger supersonic aircraft in 1960 . Tactical Air Command . In 1970 , Aerospace Defense Command was reducing the CONUS interceptor force , as the chances of a bomber attack by the Soviet Union seemed remote in the age of Intercontinental ballistic missile s ( ICBM ) . The Group was transferred to Tactical Air Command ( TAC ) on 23 May 1970 and was re - designated as the 114th Tactical Fighter Group . The 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron began receiving F - 100 Super Sabre tactical fighters that were being withdrawn from service in the Vietnam War . News was received in March 1976 of the replacement of the unit ' s F - 100D aircraft with A - 7D Corsair II jets . The last Super Sabres left Joe Foss Field in June 1977 . In 1979 , the unit began a 12 - year era of participation in Operation Coronet Cove at Howard AFB providing for defense of the Panama Canal . Both aircrew and support personnel were extended there in the summer of 1979 during the Nicaraguan crisis . The unit was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer for combat duty as a part of Operation Just Cause during 1989 - 1990 . Tactical Air Command began retiring the A - 7D in the late 1980s , with units being transitioned from the A - 7D / K to the F - 16C / D block 30 . The first F - 16 to arrive with the 175th Fighter Squadron was on 14 August 1991 . In June 1993 the squadron deployed eight aircraft to Brustem AB , Belgium as Coronet DART for the European exercise Central Enterprise 1993 . In December 1993 the squadron deployed again , this time for their first combat deployment with the F - 16 . Stationed at Incirlik AB , Turkey the squadron flew missions over Northern Iraq to guard the no - fly zone to protect Kurdish refugees . Combat patrol missions were flown over the northern " No Fly " zone of Iraq from December 1993 to January 1994 . The 114th Fighter Group was re - designated as the 114th Fighter Wing in October 1995 . The unit subsequently supported Operation Northern Watch , based out of Turkey in 1995 and 2002 , and Operation Southern Watch based out of Kuwait in 1998 and Saudi Arabia in 2001 . The Fighting Lobos were also deployed to Belgium , Singapore , the Netherlands Antilles and Israel . Global War on Terrorism . A new chapter was opened in the history of the Air National Guard with the terrorist attacks on America on September 11 , 2001 . In addition to the unit ' s ongoing tasking as part of the Air Expeditionary Force ( AEF ) , unit members were also activated to support Operation Noble Eagle within the United States and Operation Enduring Freedom ( OIF ) . OIF deployments during the 2000s included three to Balad AB , Iraq ( October – December 2006 ; June – September 2008 ; January – April 2010 . Unit members also deployed to the United Arab Emirates , Qatar , Oman , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Iraq , Jordan , Cyprus , Pakistan , Romania , Bosnia - Herzegovina , Turkey , Spain , France and Germany . On 25 October 2005 an F - 16 of the unit was attempting to take fuel from a KC - 10 Extender . The jet suffered more than $ 930 , 000 of damage . The boom operator ' s accidental oscillation caused damages to both aircraft which were able to land safely . An unusual accident for a squadron which has enjoyed a tremendous safety record . During 2007 the squadron was the recipient of the National Guard Bureau ’ s Winston P . Wilson Trophy . The trophy goes to the most outstanding Air National Guard unit and is awarded annually . Just three years later the squadron would win the trophy again in 2010 . The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure committee recommended that the 175th Fighter Squadron retire its older block 30 F - 16s and upgrade to the block 40 . The first F - 16C block 30 to depart was ' Cujo ' aircraft ( # 85 - 1434 ) which occurred on 7 May 2010 with destination AMARG . Over the next five months they received block 40 vipers from all three squadrons at Hill AFB , Utah which were largely as a result of the closure of the 34th Fighter Squadron .