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TAG, Chambliss, Isakson, Linder Visit 117th in Iraq

Georgia’s 117th Air Control Squadron currently serving in Iraq recently received a visit from the Maj Gen David Poythress and Georgia’s Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson as well as Congressman John Linder in April.  The distinguished visitors observed Georgia air controllers as they controlled the entire airspace over Iraq.  The 117th and the 141st Air Control Squadrons of Puerto Rico are the first Air National Guard units to  have sole responsibility for the control of Iraqi airspace.

 

 

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