Posted on Oct 1, 2016
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No more accompanied tours to Turkey for USAF.
Airmen will no longer be able to deploy to Turkey with their families, and the length of unaccompanied tours is also being reduced, the Air Force said Thursday.
Unrest in the troubled NATO ally prompted the Air Force to eliminate all 24-month accompanied tours, and to reduce unaccompanied tours from 15 months to 12 months, according to a release from the Air Force Personnel Center.
The change applies to all airmen who were due to arrive in Turkey after Sept. 21, AFPC said. Airmen who are currently serving 15-month unaccompanied tours will continue serving as normal, as long as their tours do not extend past Aug. 31, 2017.
Airmen will no longer be able to deploy to Turkey with their families, and the length of unaccompanied tours is also being reduced, the Air Force said Thursday.
Unrest in the troubled NATO ally prompted the Air Force to eliminate all 24-month accompanied tours, and to reduce unaccompanied tours from 15 months to 12 months, according to a release from the Air Force Personnel Center.
The change applies to all airmen who were due to arrive in Turkey after Sept. 21, AFPC said. Airmen who are currently serving 15-month unaccompanied tours will continue serving as normal, as long as their tours do not extend past Aug. 31, 2017.
Turkey unrest prompts Air Force to drop accompanied tours
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I am thankful that Turkey will no longer be an accompanied assignment TSgt Joe C.. Turkey is much too volatile since the coup attempt and the overwhelmingly violent response from the Erdogan government.
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