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...

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