The MFO was the force that was placed between the Israelis and the Egyptians to prevent any more sneak attacks such as the Yom Kippur War.
In Ronald Reagan’s 2nd term, approximately December 1985, near Christmas, a large portion of the MFO Battalion from the 101st Airborne, on its way home after its 6 month tour of duty in the Sinai, was killed when its plane went down at Gander, Newfoundland.
President Reagan went to Ft Campbell, home of the Screaming Eagles, and personally comforted grieving widows and friends. I remember tears streaming down my face as our president spoke in one of the hangars at Campbell Army Airfield. By sheer coincidence, I was assigned a few months later to Ft Campbell. The loss of those soldiers was still a wound on that installation.
I’m sure it is for the families involved even today.
3/60th Inf from Ft.Lewis replaced the 101st. First wave from Lewis flew commerical charter. That is what the 101st. was coming back on. I was second wave flew mil. transport.Walked across the street from the 2nd 75th to go with the 3/60th, in 85.