AFRICOM Eyes Airlift Needs

By Christopher J. Castelli / May 29, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Defense officials are determining what kind of military equipment and logistics support -- particularly airlift -- will be needed for U.S. Africa Command, according to Vice Adm. Robert Moeller, the nascent organization's deputy commander. Equipment needs and logistics support for "getting back and forth to the continent, and around the continent" are under discussion, he said May 27 at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "That will be something we're going [to] need a lot of air support to do, and...

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