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Article: 139th Airlift Wing 'ready to excel'

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October 27, 2008
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The winds blew in more than cold air Sunday at Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The Air Force launched an operational readiness inspection when Col. John "Woody" Almind and 17 other inspectors with the Air Mobility Command touched down at Rosecrans to test everyone in the 139th Airlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard.

"Honestly, I'm just glad they're here because I've been watching the men and women on this base do their jobs for the last 34 years and I know they are all ready to excel," said Col. Stephen Cotter, the wing commander.

The 1,000-plus men and women attached to the Airlift Wing received orders Sunday, shortly after the inspectors arrived at Rosecrans, that require the transfer ...

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