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Airmen gear up for another 120-day deployment
Airmen gear up for another 120-day deployment
(EXCERPT) By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Wednesday, September 24, 2003 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — As the Air Force scales back its forward-operating bases, deployments under the Aerospace Expeditionary Force construct should return to normal by March 2004, Pacific Air Forces officials said Monday. But before then, hundreds of PACAF airmen are gearing up to deploy in November under AEF Silver, the second of two transitional, 120-day cycles designed to return the schedule to a steady-state rotation. Operation Enduring Freedom and the war in Iraq forced the service into a contingency mode, breaking the 90-day deployment schedule, Air Force officials said. “If you didn’t deploy, be prepared to do so,” said Tech. Sgt. James Parris, expeditionary combat support manager for AEF-Pacific Branch. Parris is a member of the PACAF Aerospace Expeditio... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 23 Sep 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=17666 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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