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Iowa Air Guard to deploy to Iraq
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More Iowans have been called to active duty as the military continues to rely on the National Guard for combat operations.
The latest unit to receive mobilization orders is the 132nd Fighter Wing based in Des Moines. The Iowa Air National Guard unit will send 300 airmen to Iraq this fall. They will spend three months flying and maintaining F-16 warplanes in support of U.S. ground troops.
Officials say another 70 airmen will be assigned this fall individually and in small teams to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and other countries.
Iowa National Guard spokesman Maj. Michael Wunn says more than 11,000 Iowa Guard members have been called to active duty in the past eight years.
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Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
Iowa Sen.Tom Harkin, left, is strapped into an F-16 by Crew Chief, Master sgt Lynn Rohrer before taking a routine training mission over Iowa Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, with the Air National Guard's 132nd Fighter Wing based in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Iowa Air National Guard, Master Sgt Tim Day-132nd Fighter Wing)
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