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from the Air Force Magazine... sent to me a few days ago and at the end of this will link current status article image of AFA logo image of advertisement image of advertisement Daily Report Monday, July 25, 2016 Power Back at Incirlik, Life Returns to Normal —BRIAN EVERSTINE Power returned to Incirlik AB, Turkey, on July 22—about six days after the failed coup attempt led to it being cut off and US Air Force jets being grounded. The base was able to use backup generators to launch and recover aircraft as part of the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and photographs posted by Incirlik public affairs showed life as normal on the base while the power was still out. Army Col. Christopher Garver, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, said during a Friday briefing that "impact on the ground was exceedingly minimal" because the coalition was able to shift air tasking orders and plans to continue airstrikes when Incirlik couldn't launch aircraft. The coalition used additional air refueling flights to send aircraft from other bases into north Iraq and Syria, the same thing it did before the coalition was able to use the Turkish base. "We were able to shift responsibilities and air plans around to make sure that it was absolutely a minimal impact to the fight on the ground," Garver said. "And now, we are flying again. There's power again. So we expect operations to get back to normal." During the power outage, generators were able to keep air conditioning and other necessities going. "The troops there have been eating, they have had showers, they have had Wi-Fi, but things are starting to get uncomfortable, so it came back on just at the right time," Garver said. Airmen from the 728th Air Mobility Squadron push a pallet of meals, ready to eat onto rollers, July 19, 2016, at Incirlik AB, Turkey. Due to an extended loss of commercial power, food, fuel and other supplies were sent to Incirlik to sustain missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Air Force photo by TSgt. Joshua T. Jasper. comment image of twitter icon image of facebook icon image of reddit icon ////// http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2016/August%202016/August%2001%202016/Incirlik-Operations-Continue-Despite-Anti-US-Protest.aspx ////////// sorry about the formatting but this information is important

Way back in 1984 I read an article in Navy Aviator about the heroic 19-year old George H.W. Bush surviving for days on the Pacific Ocean after being shot out of the air by the Japanese. His navigator died in that crash. Some thirty years later, I have encountered variations of this story that bring Bush’s heroism into question.

(I was a Navy linguist assigned to NAVSECGRU 1980 - 1986.)

The article I read might have been based on facts but it was propaganda. I suspect your article might be, too.

Right now convoys of Turks chanting anti-American slogans are marching towards Incirlik because it is part of Erdogan’s plan to support the Muslim Brotherhood in his struggle to be recognized throughout the Near East as ‘The Mahdi’.

We ignore what is happening within Turkey to our disadvantage. Obama and Val Jarrett are not patriotic Americans as that is contrary to being Muslim.