Posted on 03/11/2012 8:55:06 AM PDT by pabianice
The United States Air Force has established two new aircraft squadrons to support the Presidential travel needs during the campaign season.
The 305th and 306th Expeditionary Airlift Squadrons were activated as subordinate units of the 89th Airlift Wing on December 1.
The 305th will operate out of New Castle, DE, with 5 C-130H medium lift transport aircraft, 8 full sets of aircrew, 60 maintenance personnel, and 12 operations personnel are assigned.
The 306th will operate out of Andrews AFB, with 4 C-17 heavy lift transports, 7 full aircrew, 60 maintenance personnel, and 10 operations personnel will be assigned.
Operations for the two squadrons are to commence in April, and will run through the election. The aircraft and personnel will be released back to their original units after Nov. 2.
See press release:
http://www.dcmilitary.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111209/NEWS09/712099912/89th-activates-2-eas-squadrons&template=PrinterFriendly
It’s interesting stuff - we’ll see what comes of it...
I am flattered that you lifted this post from my blog, word for word, punctuation for punctuation - but it is customary to give credit to the author when you do that sort of thing. If you had copied the whole post, you would have answered those who asked in their comments if George W had the same arrangement for his re-election (yes, he did).
If anyone questions my statements here, my blog post was time stamped Feb. 18th.
http://www.dcmilitary.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111209/NEWS09/712099912/89th-activates-2-eas-squadrons&template=PrinterFriendly
Have a nice day.
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