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File: aabgb_03.txtE: Per day, we have-three eight-ships that come in, and we turn them twice out of here; so we generate, on an average day, 48 sorties out of here. We will get occasional stopovers. The other aircraft in the wing know that this is a good place to stop and be gassed, so if they run low on gas, they will stop in here. Yesterday was our high day so far. We turned 65 sorties out of here, but generally speaking it is around 48 to 50 a day S: Is the detachment commander rotated like the maintenance people? E: He is rotated on about a 10-day to 2-week rotation schedule. S: So we could expect you to be here for about another week, and then you will be replaced by another detachment commander. E: Hopefully, only another week. S: Have you flown combat missions with the F-16 out of this FOL [forward operating location]? E: Yes, I have. As a matter of fact, I was in the first group that came up here on the very first day we had operations. As a limited operations, we only turned once out of here instead of twice. Then I was here the very first day that we had a full operations schedule. The first day we did it, we only turned 24 sorties, the second day 24, and then the third day of ops out of here, we upped it to 48. I came back the first day and the third day. Since I have been the detachment commander, I usually fly once a day. S: Can you describe some of your combat flights?
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