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Wright Air National Guard Base to be the preferred location<b> <\/b>for the Air National Guard\u2019s new cyber operations squadrons. The 109th Air Control Squadron at the base will also be inactivated, the Air Force said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service said the 109th Air Control Squadron\u2019s inactivation will be part of the 2025 defense budget\u2019s move to cut half of the Air National Guard\u2019s tactical air control party and control and reporting center missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the two decades of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Air Force\u2019s elite TACPs were a common sight on the battlefield. 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