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Herkdrvr Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-04-06 04:00 AM
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18. It's not FedEx, it's Air Mobility Command
Most ground vehicles are still brought in via ground. There are still convoys. But most PEOPLE are brought in/out via airlift.
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  -U.S. Military increasingly using air lifts (AP spin: good news from Iraq) Barrett808  Aug-03-06 09:14 AM   #0 
  - This fits with the stories about supply lines at risk.  Kagemusha   Aug-03-06 09:18 AM   #1 
  - Another error in judgment, shipping supplies via ground convoys to  partylessinOhio   Aug-03-06 09:19 AM   #2 
  - Wow! The Army admitting that it can't go overland anymore.  Dhalgren   Aug-03-06 09:21 AM   #3 
  - yeh... airlifts arent economical long term.  ender   Aug-03-06 09:26 AM   #7 
  - This has been going on a long time  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 03:58 AM   #17 
  - Exactly. Good to see this from someone else too  uppityperson   Aug-03-06 11:38 AM   #9 
  - Can you imagine how much it must cost to FedEx a Humvee to Baghdad?  leveymg   Aug-03-06 09:23 AM   #4 
  - It's not FedEx, it's Air Mobility Command  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:00 AM   #18 
     - Via airlift-- seen that before  saigon68   Aug-04-06 04:45 AM   #23 
  - Sure does not sound very safe for the men  izzie   Aug-03-06 09:23 AM   #5 
  - I believe it's been that way for years.  bemildred   Aug-03-06 09:23 AM   #6 
  - You would be correct  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:00 AM   #19 
  - "We will terminate terrorism in this year" - Iraqi President Jalal Talaban  kurth   Aug-03-06 10:36 AM   #8 
  - They drive lots of trucks on the roads  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 07:13 PM   #31 
  - kick  Pithlet   Aug-03-06 07:42 PM   #10 
  - U.S. Military increasingly using air lifts (Convoys Too Dangerous)  wellst0nev0ter   Aug-03-06 07:43 PM   #11 
  - And to say that the good news of iraq is not getting out.  Botany   Aug-03-06 07:43 PM   #12 
  - Feb. 7, 2003: The cost will be around one or two billion at the most  0007   Aug-04-06 10:53 AM   #27 
     - Is that the cost of all the aircraft operations?  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:14 PM   #29 
  - that CAN'T be cheap  maxsolomon   Aug-03-06 07:43 PM   #13 
  - Statistics shown are for a particular time period  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:03 AM   #20 
  - a presidency of dunces....  mike_c   Aug-03-06 07:43 PM   #14 
  - But we can still drive in the Green Zone can't we?  Botany   Aug-03-06 07:43 PM   #16 
  - The article didn't say that  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:06 AM   #22 
  - Almost all of the equipment in Iraq (especially helos) is beyond TBO*  Cooley Hurd   Aug-03-06 07:43 PM   #15 
     - Where did you get this info?  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:05 AM   #21 
        - Check this out:  Cooley Hurd   Aug-04-06 07:52 AM   #24 
           - That article is about trucks  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 10:19 AM   #25 
  - Those airlifts will come  Marie26   Aug-04-06 10:24 AM   #26 
  - Just my view  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 04:25 PM   #30 
  - Friendly skies / Deadly roads .... nothing to see here  Supersedeas   Aug-04-06 11:59 AM   #28 
  - Of course this is good news  markam   Aug-04-06 07:38 PM   #32 
     - dien bien phu  cap   Aug-04-06 08:22 PM   #33 
     - It's not like that at all  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 10:27 PM   #34 
     - JFK?  Herkdrvr   Aug-04-06 10:29 PM   #35 
 

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