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Awacs deployment to Turkey has begun

Berlin,Germany- A group of pacifists blocked Geilenkirchen air base entry

The operations of transfer in Turkey of Nato Awacs begun today in Geilenkirche, west of Germany. The aircraft, whose crews are constituted for a third party from German pilots, "Acquit- said general Johann-Georg Dora, commander of the contingent- exclusively defensive tasks". They will be quartered in the air force base of Konya, 220 km far from Ankara. During the transfer, a group of pacifists...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 40994
Rome, Italy, 02/24/2003 15:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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