After training with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron "Hawaiian Raptors", the first two F-16Vs, 6727 (s/n 21-1107 / VN-7) and 6728 (sn 21-1108 / VN-8), for the Republic of China's Air Force is making their way from HIK to RCQS [Chihhang Air Base, Taitung, Taiwan], with a stopover at UAM. A KC-135R, 59-1455 (c/n 17943, l/n T0358) from the Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 203rd Air Refueling Squadron is accompanying the Vipers on the HIK-UAM segment, flying as HOKU81.
The pair of F-16Vs arrived at HNL on
20 August with a US Air Force KC-135R. They had been flying training sorties with the 199th's F-22A Raptors during its time here.
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