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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Friday November 03, 2023 ( 1 items )  

'Elegant Solution': Arizona Pilot Fulfills Air Force, Civil Air Patrol Roles to Get Job Done
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tim Mitchell, in his role as operations supervisor for the 357th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, had a problem to solve. An A-10C "Warthog" Thunderbolt II from the base diverted to Fort Huachuca, U.S. Army base southeast of Tucson, because of a mechanical issue. His job was to figure out how to get the subsonic attack aircraft back to its home base a  more