Editor’s Note

Dec. 13, 2011

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Air Forces Central provided us with complete data on the monthly airdrop totals so far this year in Afghanistan, so we have updated our air sorties chart. Also, we have revised an entry from last month on Air Force convoy operations in Iraq to correct a misquote in the Air Force’s original release.

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