Did you realize the most recent official update of the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron KC Hawgs, 442nd Fighter Wing (AFRC), Whiteman AFB, Missouri, during its ongoing combat deployment to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)? The 303rd EFS is deployed since April this year. In a post Greetings from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan!, released on 442nd FWs public website August 2, 2014, Lt. Col. Bryan Stone, 303rd EFS commander, wrote: We are nearing two-thirds of the way through our mobilization. Thus far, the 442d Fighter Wing team has executed the Air Tasking Order seven days a week, 24 hours a day, without missing a single sortie. Through four months, with maintenance production and operations execution, we have flown more than 1,450 sorties and 5,500 hours of close air support and armed overwatch of our ground personnel in Afghanistan. (To give you perspective we generally fly 6,000 hours/year stateside.) The 303d EFS has supported more than 580 Joint Tactical Air Requests and 250 Troops in Contact situations. Kinetically, A-10s have delivered 26,000 pounds of ordnance and 25,000 rounds of 30 mm on target. Our pilots have flawlessly saved countless coalition lives and created space for freedom of movement of partnered patrols on the ground.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:47:16 +0000
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