Finished the seventh transcript. Two Star Navy Admiral. There may have been an AC-130 in the region. He’s not aware of what an AC-130 can do. He thinks it can’t be used in urban setting. Several of these transcripts contain the specific phrase “the tyranny of distance”. Naval Air Station Sigonella is 470 miles from Benghazi. 4000 missions were flown from here into Libya to overthrow Qadaffi. This was a well known facility. There are drones at Sigonella. Has anyone asked for a by service equipment listing in the region? There were P-3 aircraft at Sigonella. Air Force tells him it would take 16 hours from the tasking to get F-16s from Aviano to Benghazi. They rule out using F-16s. No carriers in Mediterranean.
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