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File: aaanv_01.txtSUBJECT: REQUEST FOR NEWS RELEASE ON BARE BASE BUILD-UP IMMEDIATE OAASZYUW RHDIAAA9633 3560044- --RHDITCP. ZNY 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// BT SECTION 1 OF 2 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 PAGE 2 RHDIAAA9632 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., IMMEDIATE PAGE 1
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