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Published March 07, 2012, 10:25 AM

ND Air Guard stands to lose manned flying mission

The North Dakota Air National Guard would not see any job cutbacks under the Air Force's proposed fiscal 2013 budget, but it would lose a manned flying mission.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Air National Guard would not see any job cutbacks under the Air Force's proposed fiscal 2013 budget, but it would lose a manned flying mission.

The Guard says North Dakota would become the only state without an Air National Guard manned flying mission.

The Fargo-based 119th Wing would not get C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft as planned. The wing also is losing its current C-21 Learjet mission next year. The Happy Hooligans would continue to operate Predator drones, which are unmanned aircraft. And the wing would get an intelligence mission.

State Guard commander David Sprynczynatyk (sprihn-suh-NAT’-ik) says state leaders will do what they can to “aggressively pursue” a manned flying mission for the 119th, which retired its F-16 fighter jets in 2007.

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