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SUBJECT:  REQUEST FOR NEWS RELEASE ON BARE BASE BUILD-UP


IMMEDIATE



OAASZYUW RHDIAAA9633  3560044-       --RHDITCP.
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O P 212302Z DEC 90
FM USCENTAF REAR LANGLEY AFB VA//PA//
TO RHIPAAA/USCINCCENT//CCPA//
RUEKJCS/OASD WASH DC//PA//
INFO RHIUFAA/USCENTAF//CC/CV/CS/PA//
RUEAHQA/OSAF WASH DC//PA//
RHDIAAA/HQ TAC LANGLEY AFB VA//CC/CS/DO/DE/SC/LG/PA/RF//
RUCJACC/USCENTCOM REAR MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
RHIUFKA/4TFW//CC/PA//
RUCLANA/4TFW SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB NC//CV/PA//
RUEAUSA/NGB WASH DC//PA//
RHFQAAA/HQ USAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//PA//
RUSNTCC/USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//PA//
RHDIAAA/USCENTAF REAR LANGLEY AFB VA//BS-PA/PAT//
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SUBJ:  REQUEST FOR NEWS RELEASE ON BARE BASE BUILDUP  (U)
1.       REQUEST APPROVAL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE FOLLOWING
NEWS RELEASE ON THE NEW AIR BASE AT AL KHARJ.
QUOTE.  ONE OF THE US AIR FORCE'S MOST ACTIVE FIGHTER BASES IN



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SAUDI ARABIA HAD NOTHING MORE THAN A RUNWAY AND A WATER SOURCE
LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.  MILES FROM THE NEAREST CITY,
TODAY THIS AIR BASE IS FULLY OPERATIONAL HOUSING THOUSANDS OF
US PERSONNEL AND OPERATING A SOPHISTICATED FIGHTER WING OF
F-15 AND F-16 AIRCRAFT.
(PARA)  ANOTHER UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS BASE THAT
LITERALLY ROSE UP FROM THE SAND DUNES IS THE FACT THAT
FRONT-LINE AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND ACTIVE DUTY FIGHTER SQUADRONS
ARE INTEGRATED AS ONE COMBAT UNIT,
(PARA)  UNITS FROM THE 4TH TACTICAL FIGHTER WING AT SEYMOUR
JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C., THE 36TH TACTICAL FIGHTER WING
FROM BITBURG AIR BASE, GERMANY AND AIR NATIONAL; GUARD UNITS FROM
THE 174TH TACTICAL FIGHTER WING, HANCOCK FIELD, SYRACUSE, N.Y.,




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