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108th CE Deploys To SWA
Twenty-two journalists from 17 countries visited the 108th Air Refueling Wing Aug. 30.
Inside the wing conference room, representatives from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 514th Air Mobility Wing, 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force/621st Contingency Response Wing, and the Secretary of the Air Force/Public Affair’s office, accompanied Lt. Col. Robert Doolittle, 108th ARW Vice Commander, as each briefed the journalists on their respective missions. The floor was opened up to a question-and-answer session after each briefing, in which reporters asked questions on topics such as the KC-135E Stratotanker’s ability to operate in harsh environments, and perceived public sentiments on the recent Lebanese repatriation efforts. After a break, the journalists jumped on a bus and headed out for a tour of the 305th AMW’s KC-10 Extender. There, they got to examine the plane inside and out and also conduct a couple of interviews with 305th AMW personnel. Immediately following the static display, the journalists were taken to a KC-135E for the flight to Wright-Patterson AFB. A briefing from the Air Force Materiel Command was first up upon arrival at Wright-Patterson, followed by a tour of the Air Force Security Assistance Center. A tour of the Air Force Museum rounded out their busy day. The next day, after a breakfast, the reporters visited the Aeronautical Systems Center and attended a lunch where they got to sit down and talk to Airmen at Wright-Patterson AFB. The Air Force Research Laboratory was their last stop at Wright-Patterson before they returned that evening. “(The) journalists had favorable comments about the trip,” said Maj. John Thomas, Foreign Press Center, in the after action report on the visit, adding, “Cooperation of all Air Force agencies and the access they were willing to provide made this trip a real success.”
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