Residents can see and hear Ohio Air National Guard unit jets until about 10 p.m.
TOLEDO, OH – Editor’s Note: The above video originally aired on April 22nd.
Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing night training flights are planned for Thursday, weather permitting.
Residents of northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan may see or hear F-16 fighter jets until about 10 p.m. Training may include the use of flares and aircraft take-off and landing.
Training flights typically take place during daylight hours, but F-16 pilots and maintenance personnel are required to conduct night operations as part of overall readiness training, a 180th Fighter Wing spokesman said.
The mission of the 180th Fighter Wing, based at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport, includes supporting NORAD and U.S. Northern Command operations.
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