Cargo Flights From Christchurch, New Zealand Are Underway
In the Southern Hemisphere, spring officially begins September
23. That includes Antarctica, and for members of the US Air Force
assigned to Operation Deep Freeze, late winter flights, known as
WINFLY, for Operation Deep Freeze 2011-2012 began August 20. Deep
Freeze is a joint service, interagency activity that supports the
National Science Foundation (NSF), which manages the US Antarctic
Program.
Early Tuesday Sortie Also Takes Out Command And Control
Site
RAF aircraft put several military targets out of the reach of
pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya Tuesday, including Scud missile
launchers and a military command and control site. In an early
morning sortie on August 30th, RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft
used Paveway bombs to destroy a military command and control site
which NATO surveillance had successfully identified near Bani
Walid.
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