 By 1988 the Phantoms were being withdrawn from the Air National Guard inventory, and the 160th began to receive early F-16A/B Block 10 Fighting Falcons and later equipped with Block 30 F-16C/D Fighting Falcons to use in the tactical fighter mission.During the 1990s, the 187th has undertaken an ambitious and successful regimen of participation in many Total Force deployments.These deployments have taken the men and women of the 187th to exercises in South Korea, Norway, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, and many other stateside locations.