Air Force pulls aircraft from Irene’s path

[nadinbrzezinski]

The U.S. military is evacuating aircraft from bases in North Carolina and New Jersey in preparation for Hurricane Irene.

The Times reports that dozens of Air Force fighters and tankers from North Carolina’s Seymour Johnson Air Force Base will take refuge at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

The Air Force will move about 60 F-15E Strike Eagles and seven KC-135R Stratotankers to Barksdale on Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Heather Stanton, with Public Affairs at Seymour Johnson, also said the 5,000 military men and women at that installation are getting ready for possible high winds, flooding and other damage associated with storms.

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And the Navy already left to sea with second fleet...

I am glad they are doing that, no brainer. but that gear might be needed later.

Yes, even those Strike Eagles...