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Guest US Air Force veteran recalls manoeuvring into northern Iraq jump slot
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Air Force JTAC Reveals How a Secret Mission in Afghanistan Turned Out to Be a Diversion
""There's going to be a combat jump and I'm the alternate. Like no way buddy. Uh-huh. So, I go back out there and start my PHCYOP campaign against this dude who's rolled his ankle.""
An unnamed US Air Force veteran recalls that in January 2003 he was told he would be the alternate for a combat jump into northern Iraq. He says he pressured a colleague with an ankle injury to test it, after which the colleague withdrew and he took the slot.
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