.................. FRegards
Posted on 04/07/2007 9:22:46 AM PDT by SandRat
Hundreds of Davis-Monthan personnel are off to war again with the base's A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.
About 300 airmen from the 354th Fighter Squadron and the 355th Maintenance Group are due to start leaving for Afghanistan this weekend.
The pilots, navigators, mechanics and other personnel likely will be overseas for four to six months, though the exact length of their deployments isn't certain, officials said.
"America's airmen from Davis-Monthan are ready for combat," the base's wing commander, Col. Kent Laughbaum, said in a statement announcing the departures. The A-10 provides close air support to U.S. ground troops. The aircraft "has earned a tremendous reputation for combat effectiveness, particularly with soldiers and Marines engaged in a close fight with the enemy," Laughbaum said.
The 354th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Bulldogs," last deployed in August 2005.
God speed.
“Navigators”? A-10?
Another reporter that doesn’t know the difference between a Lieutenant General and a Lieutenant.
A lieutenant thinks the Lieutenant General is god, so does the Lieutenant General.
I like that comparison.
.................. FRegards
Question:
What method of transport is used to move planes, equipment and people?
This must be a massive operation.
God Speed.
The A-10’ fly being refueld mid-air, vehicles would go C-5A & C-17, & Personnel would go on CRAF (Civilian Reserve Air Fleet a commercial passenger jet from one of the airlines). All this has to be caqrefully timed so that all get to the right place at precisely the right time in the right order.
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