Kammala wannan jumla: Squadron ya sami damar aiki na farko a cikin F-16CJs a 1996. An sauya lambar wutsiyar rundunar a lokaci guda daga "MJ" zuwa "WW" don girmama gadon fuka-fuki na Wild Weasel. A ranar 8 ga Yuli na wannan shekarar, rundunar ta zama ta farko ta Pacific Air Forces F-16 da za a tura don tallafawa Operation Southern Watch, ta aiwatar da yankin da ba a tashi ba a kudancin Iraki, sakamakon canjin manufofin da ke ba da damar tura dukkan raka'a. A lokacin Operation Southern Watch, rundunar ta tashi a karo na farko da aka yi amfani da ita tun daga shekarar 1975
Lamarin Mayaguez. Tun daga 1996, an tura 13th FS zuwa Afghanistan, Iraki da Jordan sau goma, kwanan nan a cikin 2014 zuwa Jordan inda Panthers suka buɗe yaƙin iska na Amurka a kan Daular Islama. Daga bisani wannan kokarin zai zama sananne ne a matsayin Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).