Even liberal Google maps says a commercial airliner can do it 2 Hours and 6 minutes,
You and I know that F-16 can do the 2246 miles with tanks(2600 mile range), I am sure NATO had tankers or we had Air National guard on station that could have got them home, Or we could have had them land in Tripoli and refueled to go home.
ANGRY is all I can feel.
It’s only 1044 miles from Aviano to Benghazi per Goolge:
“The distance from Aviano to Benghazi is 1680 kilometers or 1044 miles only.
A typical flight between Aviano, and Benghazi would have a flying time of about 2 hours 6 mins. This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/hr or 434 knots. Your exact time may vary depending on wind speeds.”
An F-16 could make it less than 2 hours without breaking a sweat, dropped a couple SDB’s, laid down some 20mm rounds and scared the Shiite out of the mohammad movie protestors.