Vermont Air Guard gets new mission

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Vermont Air Guard gets new mission
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Dec 2, 2007 11:15:44 EST

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Vermont Air National Guard will provide security and emergency response in the Northeast as a result of the Air Force’s decision to ground all of its F-15 fighter jets.

The F-15s will be inspected following an investigation into a Missouri Air National Guard plane crash Nov. 2 that found defects in the aircraft’s fuselage.

The Vermont Air Guard, which flies F-16s, will continue the 24-hour-a-day mission after the inspections while the F-15s are moved from Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod to another base in western Massachusetts. The transition could take longer than a year.

The Air Guard’s new mission is expected to have little impact on the Burlington International Airport, said Airport Director Brian Searles. Some flights may have brief delays, possibly 10 minutes, if the Air Guard must respond to an emergency, he said.


Article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_vermontguard_071202/