Guard
Mainstay
Mainstay noun - Something or someone to which one looks for support.
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Afterward, it became a mainstay of the Air National Guard, and there was even a proposal to convert them for supersonic capability, essentially recreating the F-8 Crusader yet retaining the Corsair's ground attack capability, but the arrival of the F-16 put an end to this.
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