Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 da aikinta na farko tun bayan abin da ya faru a Mayaguez a shekarar 1975
Ka yi haƙuri. 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).