Airmen mobilize to confront Afghan insurgency
April 30th, 2009
Approximately 350 deploying Airmen from the 336th Fighter Squadron and 4th Maintenance Group will spend the next four months providing close-air support for Operation Enduring Freedom, which began in October 2001 in response to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The deployment comes at a time when things are literally heating up within the central Asian nation. As spring's temperatures thaw Afghanistan's frozen, mountainous landscape, insurgent operations increase.
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