It's a little over a magical 4 hours from LRCK into Afghanistan. Good hub with sea and rail. Tanker units trying to figure out how to squeeze in?

Edited October 22, 201312 yr by addict

Tanker units trying to figure out how to squeeze in?

I sure as hell hope so!

Not gunna happen.

https://www.stripes.com/news/air-force/fairchild-afb-crews-to-leave-kyrgyzstan-1.248454

...but, that doesn't rule out some other potential "good deal" down the road.

Edited October 23, 201312 yr by GBock

The usual journalism excellence continues:

The U.S. military base in Afghanistan, located alongside a commercial airport outside the capital city of Bishkek, has been a politically divisive issue in Kyrgyzstan, pitting pro-democracy reformers against pro-Moscow hard-liners.

Didnt realize Bishkek is the capital of Afghanistan.

Earlier this year, three Fairchild crew members died when their KC-135 exploded above a rugged mountain range about 100 miles west of the base. The cause remains under investigation, but authorities have said the tanker was flying into a lightning storm.

Which authorities??