Editing Tucson International Airport (section)

==Military use==
Tucson International Airport hosts '''Morris Air National Guard Base''', known as Tucson Air National Guard Base prior to November 2018, a {{convert|92|acre|ha|adj=on}} complex on the northwest corner of the airport that is home to the [[162nd Wing]] (162 WG), an [[Air Education and Training Command]] (AETC)-gained unit of the [[Arizona Air National Guard]]. Military use of Tucson Airport began in 1956, when the [[Arizona Air National Guard]] activated the [[152d Fighter Interceptor Squadron]], an [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC)-gained unit, which operated Korean War vintage [[North American F-86 Sabre|F-86A Sabre]]s.  At that time the "base" consisted of an old adobe farmhouse and a dirt-floor hangar with enough space for three aircraft. During its history at TUS, the wing has operated the [[F-86 Sabre]], [[F-100 Super Sabre]], [[F-102 Delta Dagger]], [[A-7 Corsair II]] and [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] aircraft.

Today the 162nd Wing is the largest [[Air National Guard]] fighter unit in the United States, and operates over 70 F-16C/D/E/F aircraft in three squadrons. The wing's F-16s augment the active Air Force's [[56th Fighter Wing]] (56 FW) at [[Luke AFB]], Arizona as a Formal Training Unit (FTU) for training Regular Air Force, [[Air Force Reserve Command]], [[Air National Guard]] and [[NATO]] and allies' F-16 pilots.

The wing also hosts the [[Air National Guard]] / [[Air Force Reserve Command]] (ANG AFRC) [[Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center|Command Test Center]] (AATC) as a tenant unit, which conducts operational testing on behalf of the Air Reserve Component. The 162 WG also hosts "Snowbird" operations during the winter months for Air Force, [[Air Force Reserve Command]], and [[Air National Guard]] F-16 and [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II]] units from northern tier bases in the continental United States, as well as [[Canadian Forces]] and [[Royal Air Force]] flying units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aatc.ang.af.mil/|title=AATC > Home|website=www.aatc.ang.af.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.162wing.ang.af.mil/|title=162nd Wing > Home|website=www.162wing.ang.af.mil}}</ref>

Not counting students or transient flight crews, the installation employs over 1,700 personnel, over 1,100 of whom are full-time Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and Air Reserve Technician (ART) personnel, and the remainder traditional part-time Air National Guardsmen. Although an AETC organization, the 162nd also maintains an F-16 Alert Detachment for [[U.S. Northern Command]] / [[NORAD]] and [[Air Forces Northern|AFNORTH]] at nearby [[Davis-Monthan AFB]] in support of [[Operation Noble Eagle]].