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To: Beckwith
Your statement about the 187th Air National Guard Wing is incorrect.

What is your experience? I work at the Pentagon. I work on unit activations, organization and naming. The unit is the 187th Fighter Wing. You are completely wrong. There is no such thing as an "Air National Guard Wing."

As I said before, accuracy is important.

Your search did not include quotes. Do it right,and you will find one hit on google...this very thread.

41 posted on 05/13/2009 3:18:10 AM PDT by TankerKC (01/20/09 = 09/10/01)
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To: TankerKC

You keep criticizing your fellow FReepers for small errors in an article published on the website “F-16.net - The Ultimate F-16 Reference.”

I suggest you direct your anger to them.

From the “Read Me” page at “The Obama File”:

“I don’t write this stuff. I cherry-pick it and archive it here. The overwhelming number of items in this archive are from mainstream media sources and what I believe are reliable, if sometimes partisan, blogs. I make every attempt to provide attribution and/or links to the original source. Many of the items in this archive have multiple sources/links. If you don’t like the writer’s viewpoint, send them an email, not me.”


43 posted on 05/13/2009 3:23:09 AM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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To: TankerKC; Beckwith

The 187th Fighter Wing is very clearly a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard. So while you are technically correct that “There is no such thing as an ‘Air National Guard Wing’”, it is a distinction that matters little to most. The essence of the story does not change with your correction, and your offering it in a tone of “OMFG, THESE PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS FOR SAYING THAT!” does little to impress. In fact, quite the reverse.

Similarly with “commanding general” and “Chief of Staff”.


50 posted on 05/13/2009 5:06:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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