Selfridge Troops On High Alert
Planes Head To Germany This Week
POSTED: Monday, September 24, 2001
UPDATED: 10:52 pm EDT September 24,
2001
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Troops at Selfridge Air National Guard base continue to prepare for the possibility of war as a result of the East Coast terrorist attacks.
The Pentagon has called up about 40,000 reservists in the past two weeks. The reserves make up nearly 50 percent of the U.S. military, with more than a million members.Some Michigan military personnel from Selfridge Air National Guard have been called to active duty.Maj. Gen. E. Gordon Stump told Local First News Monday that the base was on high alert, and as active as it has been at any time since the Persian Gulf War a decade ago.Crews were loading cargo planes for a mission to Germany that Stump said had been planned before the Sept. 11 attack, and was not related to the imminent reaction.The 127th Airlift Group is scheduled to take off for Germany later this week. As part of their mission the troops will be on duty in Bosnia.Stay tuned to ClickOnDetroit.com for updates to this story as events warrant.
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