Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterU.S. Plans Expansion of Afghan Airfield To House Special Army Aviation Unit
Published 11/10/2008 by Walter Pincus at Wash Post Federal Page
The Bush administration's plans to increase the U.S. military role in Afghanistan include a $100 million expansion next year of the Kandahar airfield, to accommodate aircraft working for Task Force ODIN, the once-secret Army fighting units that have been successful in Iraq.
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