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File: aabgb_02.txttanks, frees up two pylons, which gives us two more stations to drop bombs; so we have actually doubled our bomb load and tripled the number of sorties that a guy can fly in one day. Now of the entire wing, right now we have two squadrons, the 33d and 17th out of Shaw [AFB SC], and the 10th FAC [Forward Air Controller] Fighter Squadron out of Hahn [AB, Germany] is also working this. We have a three-squadron wing with 72 aircraft. Out of those 72, we have ground-loaded the tanks. basically, we have an eight-ship per squadron per day, so we have 24 airplanes configured flying out of KKMC mission, as we call it, on a daily basis. We turn out of here about 48 sorties. The wing fIies a total of between 110 and 125 . sorties a day, so we are flying roughly 46 to 45 percent of our sorties out of here with only those 24 jets. S: When did you first arrive here to open up the detachment here at KKMC? E: I, personally, have been here almost a week. The initial cadre showed up 10 days ago. Today is the 16th of February. They showed up about the 6th of February. Anticipating you) next question, we brought in 173 maintenance guys, a detachment commander, a lieutenant colonel; so for a total of about 174. We bring people in and out on an almost weekly basis, but the total number of people we had before was between 150 and 175. We also took 13 C-130 loads of equipment to get up here, and we had dedicated air. It took us a good day just to bring the people and equipment up here, and then it took us a good day to set up and run a limited, at first--for the first couple of days--operations out of KKMC. S: Approximately how many missions or sorties do you generate out of here per day?
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