Accurate Test
In April 2001 nearly 400 "Gunfighters" of the 366th Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho deployed to Oman and Baharain to participate in a six-week training exercise with allied forces overseas. Colonel Jeff Eberhart, 366th Wing vice commander was the air expeditionary group commander for the first half of the deployment called "Accurate Test" in Oman. Then Col. Bill Andrews, 366th Operations Group commander took his place the second half of the deployment called "Initial Link" in Baharain.
The purpose of the deployment exercise is to train with a variety of allied aircraft in their area of responsibility and to practice deployment and sustainability at remote locations as a deployed unit. Both the 34th Bomb Squadron and the 389th Fighter Squadron deployed aircraft and personnel to Southwest Asia, but many other wing support functions sent equipment and people
The 366th Wing deployed approximately 300 members to Southwest Asia to train with allied forces overseas. Members from several squadrons including aircrews from the 389th Fighter Squadron and the 34th Bomb Squadron with their F-16s and B-1B aircraft to participate in the exercise. The wing is participating in two exercises while there named "Accurate Test" and "Initial Link" to train with a variety of allied aircraft and to practice deployment and sustainability at remote locations as a deployed unit. The 366th Wing is the U.S. Air Force's premier air expeditionary wing. It rotates a 120-day on-call period with Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. as a "911 wing" to respond to contingencies worldwide at a moment's notice. The wing came off its latest on-call rotation March 31st. The deployment lasted for approximately 60 days.
ACCURATE TEST 81-2, conducted in Oman from 13 to 23 February 1981, was the first RDJTF deployment to Southwest Asia.
"Accurate Test," a Joint Chief of Staff Exercise involving 58 C-141 transiting through Lajes Field March 9 - April 2 1984.
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