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Air Force: 2 Afghan trainees missing from Georgia air base
AP, MSN ^ | 12/9/2015 | AP

Posted on 12/09/2015 4:16:54 AM PST by sodpoodle

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Officials say two male Afghan nationals being trained at an Air Force base in Georgia have gone missing.

In a news release issued Tuesday night, base officials said the two students didn't report on Monday to "their regular maintenance training" with the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force base, located near Valdosta, about 230 miles south of Atlanta.

The release notes that the two men have been at Moody since February 2015 and "were screened prior to their arrival in the United States more than a year ago."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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1 posted on 12/09/2015 4:16:54 AM PST by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

This doesn’t sound good.

Another big fat red flag regarding the so-called screening process...another vindication for The Donald.


2 posted on 12/09/2015 4:19:36 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: LucyT; Nachum; null and void

But they’ll call US the crazy ones...


3 posted on 12/09/2015 4:19:45 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: sodpoodle
What next?

Wait for them to show up at a mall with weapons and/or bombs - hopefully riddled with bullet holes from one or more armed citizens who are paying attention.

4 posted on 12/09/2015 4:20:38 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: sodpoodle

Fox News now reporting on this story.

More from the article:

“The release notes that the two men have been at Moody since February 2015 and “were screened prior to their arrival in the United States more than a year ago.”

The release adds that federal authorities are searching for the students, who have been training “alongside American counterparts for the entirety of 2015 and do not pose any apparent threat.”


5 posted on 12/09/2015 4:21:09 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
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To: sodpoodle

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?480383-Afghan-flight-training-members-missing-from-MAFB-in-GA
Here’s an interesting clip from this story.
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MORE: Moody AFB prepares for Afghan pilots

In August of 2014, the Air Force selected Moody as the stateside training location for Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots and maintainers.

The Air Force said that Moody would support 20 planes, 17 Air Force instructor pilots, and 24 maintenance and support personnel, to train a total of 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.

The Air Force said the The 81st Fighter Squadron is a ‘tenant unit’ at Moody AFB, and falls under command of the 14th Operations Group and 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus AFB, Mississippi.

Lt. Co. Jeffery Hogan assumed command of the fighter squadron in January, and remarked that the Air Force had “never done this mission in this way before, ever.”


6 posted on 12/09/2015 4:22:34 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: sodpoodle

Does anyone know how long the training lasts. They’ve been here since Feb.


7 posted on 12/09/2015 4:23:08 AM PST by OLDCU
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To: sodpoodle

who have been training “alongside American counterparts for the entirety of 2015 and do not pose any apparent threat.”

Tell that to the families of dead American soldiers killed in Afghanistan when Afghan soldiers they have been serving next to turned their weapons on our troops. Happens more often then you would believe.......


8 posted on 12/09/2015 4:24:22 AM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: rodguy911

good find.

Strange how this was never reported as part of the WOT in 2014 as part of ‘the strategy’. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


9 posted on 12/09/2015 4:25:39 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
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To: sodpoodle

Yeah our trusted Afghan Al Qaida/ISIS allies


10 posted on 12/09/2015 4:27:28 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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To: sodpoodle

I hope they’re on the “no fly” list.


11 posted on 12/09/2015 4:28:18 AM PST by IM2MAD (IM2MAD=Individual Motivated 2 Make A Difference)
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To: sodpoodle

ISIS recruits? Allowing Muslims in our military is INSANE.

Article I read this morning talks about the powerful lure of “paradise” and allegiance to the caliphate over young Muslims.

http://www.channel4.com/news/female-isis-women-girl-umm-waqqas-unmasked-seattle


12 posted on 12/09/2015 4:31:28 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( "Radical" Muslims will kill you. "Moderates" will sit in silence and watch the radicals kill you.)
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To: sodpoodle

I thought this was an old story, but it’s actually another incident.


13 posted on 12/09/2015 4:32:55 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: sodpoodle

SCREENED? Muslims are PROFICIENT LIARS. Look at the one in the Oval Office.


14 posted on 12/09/2015 4:33:08 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( "Radical" Muslims will kill you. "Moderates" will sit in silence and watch the radicals kill you.)
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To: OLDCU
The Air Force said that Moody would support 20 planes, 17 Air Force instructor pilots, and 24 maintenance and support personnel, to train a total of 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.
15 posted on 12/09/2015 4:35:31 AM PST by varon (Excise Obama now!)
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To: sodpoodle

“The release adds that federal authorities are searching for the students, who have been training “alongside American counterparts for the entirety of 2015 and do not pose any apparent threat.””

They are worried that they might pose a threat, or they wouldn’t have made this information public.


16 posted on 12/09/2015 4:36:06 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: JudyinCanada

“were screened prior to their arrival in the United States more than a year ago.”

On other words...properly vetted.

So, we have nothing to worry about.


17 posted on 12/09/2015 4:40:55 AM PST by moovova
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To: grobdriver

If they’ve been training with the air force, wait for them to show up somewhere with a plane.


18 posted on 12/09/2015 4:41:48 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: sodpoodle

well, I’d go looking in Atlanta. They might be having a wonderful time just boozing and raising hell


19 posted on 12/09/2015 4:43:31 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
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To: sodpoodle
Trump warns: 'Many more World Trade Centers'

Let's hope he's wrong for once.

20 posted on 12/09/2015 4:49:57 AM PST by McGruff (I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction - Barack Obama)
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