Picking up the Pieces

Oct. 24, 2013

Air Mobility Command informed us that the entry in Wednesday’s Daily Report column on the C-17 formation airdrop in Afghanistan was based on outdated information posted in error at the command’s website. Accordingly, we have removed the entry from our website.

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