One of the six F-16s arriving at NAS Rota on Dec. 28, 2020. (All images: David Parody)
The F-16s of the 93rd Fighter Squadron “Makos” are believed to be deploying to the CENTCOM area of operations.
On Dec. 28, 2020, six F-16s belonging to the 93rd FS “Makos” belonging to the 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, AFRC (Air Force Reserve Command), made a stopover at Naval Air Station Rota, Spain.
The aircraft, using radio callsigns TABOR61-66, were supported by GOLD11 (KC-10 registration 79-1710) and GOLD12 (KC-135R – 63-8040), which landed at Moron AB, Spain.
28 DEC 2020#USAF tankers, KC-10A (GOLD-11/79-1710) & KC-135R (GOLD-12/63-8040) provided the transfer, likely of 6xF-16s (TABOR 61-66) from conus to Rota airbase, then descended to Moron.