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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B-52/Tanker movement noted?
Message-ID: <1991Jan27.101141.23284@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 27 Jan 91 10:11:41 GMT
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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
In article hight@erg.sri.com (John Hight) writes...
/In article <1991Jan17.051831.26926@cbnews.att.com/ Brian.Wbst311@xerox.com writes:
//I would expect that they,  and the B52's,  would be flown from secure bases
//which are out of range of Iraqi aircraft,  but are reasonably close to the
//targets,  and have been stockpiled with bombs.   Perhaps Cyprus or Italy,  or
//England....
/ 
/At the risk of someone jumping on me for this off-the-top-of-my-head
/remark, I was under the impression that Diego Garcia was in range and
/was indeed being used.

The news is that the B52's were moved to an unspecified base that would
be closer to the theater of operations.  I suspect this was done to increase
the sortie rate necessary to pound the Republican Guard as often is possible.