Issue 017/2005


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Since August 16, 2003: 

                         The TSE CC-130s have flown 2.8 million kilometres, or 70 times around the Earth; Burned over three million gallons of fuel; Carried 27,000 passengers and 4,535.9237 metric tones (10.6 million pounds) of freight in support of the troops on the ground in Kabul. 

Over that period, the TSE has maintained Camp Mirage, a crucial staging base for the operation in Afghanistan. Members of the TSE have provided:

Security;

Transport;
Accommodations and messing (feeding);
Prepared 35,350 in-flight meals;                          Processed passengers and cargo;                    Loaded aircraft and maintained listening watch throughout the 1,250 flights it took to reach this point.

Aircraft maintenance personnel have prepared and configured the CC-130s aircraft for various missions by:

Loading fuel;
Performing maintenance, inspections and repairs;      Assisting in the start and taxi of the aircraft for the 625 missions flown.

Flight crews have operated on a 56-day tour of duty, and for the last two years, approximately 30 aircrews have rotated through Camp Mirage.

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