Fighter wing leaves
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – About 340 members of Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing will leave Sunday and Monday for a two-month rotation in Iraq.
About 300 of the Madison-based unit will leave Sunday night from Dane County Regional Airport, according to the National Guard.
They represent operations, logistics and aircraft maintenance and include F-16 pilots and crew chiefs, intelligence, life support, supply, munitions, avionics, engine, hydraulics and other personnel.
Another 30 to 40 will leave Monday night, according to Lt. Col. Brian Gray. The unit provides air support and other combat capabilities to ground forces.
They will join about 40 other members already deployed to the region who are serving 60- to 120-day tours.
This is the fifth time the wing has deployed its aviation package to the region since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
Some members have deployed overseas many times in the past decade.
Jan 13, 2008 at 4 p.m.
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2 of our friends are being deployed from there- we'll miss you guys!
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