SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Twenty-two dusty gray F-16s bearing the distinctive Lobo tail art of the 114th Fighter Wing are the equivalent of a poker raise.

They allow the South Dakota Air National Guard to stay in the game as the Department of Defense determines what the U.S. Air Force becomes in the future. The end game for all Air National Guard units is still to have a flying mission when the Air Force eventually transitions to its new F-35 joint strike fighter sometime in the 21st century.