October 3, 200916 yr Does anyone else find it a little sac religious (pardon the pun) that SAC is now “Strategic Airlift Command???” When I see articles about SAC in action overseas, I am expecting shit to be nuked. You think they could have come up with a different acronym for an airlift command.
October 3, 200916 yr I was also a little surprised to see a new MAJCOM that I'd never heard of, but alas it's only some sort of Strat Airlift Capability effort. Nice try though.
October 4, 200916 yr Author I was also a little surprised to see a new MAJCOM that I'd never heard of, but alas it's only some sort of Strat Airlift Capability effort. Nice try though. My bad - misread it. Still doesn't look or sound right for C-17's to be flying as part of SAC. Kind of like when the AFCYBER provisional command tried to steal the old SAC patch as well.
October 4, 200916 yr My bad - misread it. Still doesn't look or sound right for C-17's to be flying as part of SAC. Kind of like when the AFCYBER provisional command tried to steal the old SAC patch as well. or what looks like a Hungarian insignia on the tail above "SAC" but I guess as a NATO asset? It just looks like something is off a bit. Did Hungary Buy C-17s?
October 4, 200916 yr or what looks like a Hungarian insignia on the tail above "SAC" but I guess as a NATO asset? It just looks like something is off a bit. Did Hungary Buy C-17s? Hungary "owns" one of the NATO Barneys.
October 4, 200916 yr They're registered to the country they're stationed, just like the NATO AWACS (which are registered to Luxembourg). Papa is in Hungary... I think they weren't painted up in NATO markings like the E-3s were because many traditional NATO allies didn't participate, while a bunch of new ones (Czech Republic, Sweden, Hungary etc) are participating that haven't in the past. I think there's at least 2 non-NATO countries participating? Airplanes #2 and #3 were just finished too and are flying, not sure if they're delivered yet...
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