The flight line of Incirlik AB, Turkey, has become crowded with cargo and airmen as elements of the Air Force’s 39th Air Base Wing and the Turkish 10th Tanker Base worked to load 19 truckloads of United Nations supplies onto C-130s bound for Pakistan. The first shipment of aid left Oct. 19, and the airmen at the base had been working 24-hours-a-day for three days prior, according to Capt. Paul Cornwell, the 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s operations officer.
The U.S. continued to move a significant amount of airpower toward the Middle East in recent days as talks to forge a nuclear deal with Iran hung in the balance. Flight tracking data indicate there was unusually heavy movement of dozens of fighter jets and other assets that might be…
