Spangdahlem F-16 sortie ‘surge’

F-16C Block 50C 91-0352 ‘SP/52 FW’ from the 52nd FW taxis out after ‘hot pit’ refuelling during the sortie surge exercise at Spangdahlem. USAF/Senior Airman Preston Cherry THE US Air Force’s 52nd Fighter Wing (FW) conducted a wing-wide sortie ‘surge’ exercise at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, between October 23 and 26, 2017. A sortie surge involves an increase in flying in a short time to test the limits of operations at the wing and provide conditions representative of a wartime