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'Elephant walk' proves combat launch capability

  • Published
  • By Senior Airman Kenny Holston
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Pilots from the 79th, 77th and 55th Fighter Squadrons and their associated aircraft maintenance units produced a mass aircraft movement, known as an "elephant walk," during an Operational Readiness Exercise here May 22. An elephant walk is a mass of aircraft taxiing, representing the ability to generate a large number of aircraft needing to take off rapidly in combat. Evaluators judged that the 20th Fighter Wing successfully generated many aircraft during the ORE.

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'Elephant walk' proves combat launch capability

  • Published
  • By Senior Airman Kenny Holston
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Pilots from the 79th, 77th and 55th Fighter Squadrons and their associated aircraft maintenance units produced a mass aircraft movement, known as an "elephant walk," during an Operational Readiness Exercise here May 22. An elephant walk is a mass of aircraft taxiing, representing the ability to generate a large number of aircraft needing to take off rapidly in combat. Evaluators judged that the 20th Fighter Wing successfully generated many aircraft during the ORE.