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| Southern Arizona To Host Major International Air Exercise |
| 2010-04-06 |
| SIERRA VISTA — Parts of Cochise County will be used for a major Air Force exercise later this month, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's Angel Thunder 2010. Southern Arizona's terrain lends itself to meeting the goals of the exercise, which will bring in personnel from a number of nations, Staff Sgt. Jacob Richmond said. Along with American forces, others involved in the event will be coming from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, said Richmond of the Davis-Monthan 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office. Additionally, a number of different aircraft, from fixed winged to helicopters, will be involved, he said. The Air Combat Command's annual personnel recovery and combat search and rescue exercise will take place between April 12 and 23, the spokesman said. The exercise will be headquartered at Davis-Monthan, where in 2006 Angle Thunder began as a local endeavor, with major operations including heavy flying beginning on April 14, Richmond noted. Although the headquarters for the event is at the Tucson air base, operations in other southern Arizona and New Mexico areas will take place, he added. Angel Thunder is designed to simulate a comprehensive government response to isolated citizens and is the world's largest personnel recovery exercise integrating other services, state, national and multinational assets, Richmond noted. Besides the foreign personnel, those participating will include people from the Army, National Reconnaissance Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Justice Department, Joint Forces Command, Southern Command, Special Operations Command and other federal agencies, according to the operations plans. Cochise County Sheriff's Office has been notified of the planned exercise, which includes use of the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport, spokeswoman Carol Capas said. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #1 Hope the illegals scurrying over the runways won't slow things down. |
| Posted by: Highlander 2010-04-06 05:02 |