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9th December 2015, 12:26 PM
BREAKING: Two Afghan Pilots Missing From Air Force Training In GeorgiaVetted. 12.8.2015
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The Air Force issued a press release on Tuesday stating that two pilots in training have gone missing from Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.
According to WISTV (http://www.wistv.com/story/30698364/afghan-flight-training-members-missing-from-moody-afb?utm_source=wistv&utm_medium=C&utm_campaign=TrendingStories), "multiple law enforcement agencies" were notified by the base about the missing pilots. They were both screened before coming to the United States over a year ago. As in, they went through our security screening process for coming here. It's a process you've probably heard mention of in the news from time to time recently.
Moody Air Force Base's full press release can be viewed below:
Two male Afghan air force students did not report for duty yesterday at their regular maintenance training at Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia. Both are assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron. They have been at Moody since. February 2015 and were screened prior to their arrival in the United States more than a year ago. The students have trained alongside American counterparts for the entirety of 2015 and do not pose any apparent threat. There is a well-coordinated process among federal agencies to locate the individuals as quickly as possible and return them accordingly to the proper authorities to manage their present situation.
Please contact Public Affairs with any questions at 229-257-4146 during normal duty hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) or the Command Post at 229-257-3501 outside of normal duty hours.
The men were there as part of a comprehensive training program:
In August of 2014, the Air Force selected Moody as the stateside training location for Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots and maintainers.
The Air Force said that Moody would support 20 planes, 17 Air Force instructor pilots, and 24 maintenance and support personnel, to train a total of 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.
As RedState notes (http://www.redstate.com/2015/12/08/two-afghan-pilots-missing-georgia/), this is not the first such incident.
The incident isn’t the first time Afghan military personal have disappeared while in the U.S. for training. In 2012, three senior Afghan national army officers disappeared while at Joint Base Cape Cod. The men were later discovered and detained after trying to cross over the Canadian border. Also in 2012, two Afghan policemen in Washington, D.C. for training disappeared during a sightseeing trip. They were later found by officials at an undisclosed location.
Truth Revolt will update this story as information becomes available.
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The Air Force issued a press release on Tuesday stating that two pilots in training have gone missing from Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.
According to WISTV (http://www.wistv.com/story/30698364/afghan-flight-training-members-missing-from-moody-afb?utm_source=wistv&utm_medium=C&utm_campaign=TrendingStories), "multiple law enforcement agencies" were notified by the base about the missing pilots. They were both screened before coming to the United States over a year ago. As in, they went through our security screening process for coming here. It's a process you've probably heard mention of in the news from time to time recently.
Moody Air Force Base's full press release can be viewed below:
Two male Afghan air force students did not report for duty yesterday at their regular maintenance training at Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia. Both are assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron. They have been at Moody since. February 2015 and were screened prior to their arrival in the United States more than a year ago. The students have trained alongside American counterparts for the entirety of 2015 and do not pose any apparent threat. There is a well-coordinated process among federal agencies to locate the individuals as quickly as possible and return them accordingly to the proper authorities to manage their present situation.
Please contact Public Affairs with any questions at 229-257-4146 during normal duty hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) or the Command Post at 229-257-3501 outside of normal duty hours.
The men were there as part of a comprehensive training program:
In August of 2014, the Air Force selected Moody as the stateside training location for Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots and maintainers.
The Air Force said that Moody would support 20 planes, 17 Air Force instructor pilots, and 24 maintenance and support personnel, to train a total of 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.
As RedState notes (http://www.redstate.com/2015/12/08/two-afghan-pilots-missing-georgia/), this is not the first such incident.
The incident isn’t the first time Afghan military personal have disappeared while in the U.S. for training. In 2012, three senior Afghan national army officers disappeared while at Joint Base Cape Cod. The men were later discovered and detained after trying to cross over the Canadian border. Also in 2012, two Afghan policemen in Washington, D.C. for training disappeared during a sightseeing trip. They were later found by officials at an undisclosed location.
Truth Revolt will update this story as information becomes available.