This is a case where five minutes of research and some common sense should prevail. Its not hard to find info on Moody AFB: fighter wing, search/rescue, and medical evacuation/treatment are the primary forces at the AFB, and the base itself is only 4.1 sq miles in size (VERY small). They don't have 7000 troops to deploy.
Next, where are the 7k troops coming from? The nearest Army bases have their own airfields - so why move 7k troops all the way to Moody? Doesn't make sense.
For this twatter post to make sense, we' have to believe the Army (or any other military agency) is moving a lot of people a considerable distance to a tiny AFB that primarily provides fighters, close air support and medevacs (NO TRANSPORT capabilities). We also have to believe Air Mobility Command is going to redirect a ton of transport aircraft to a small AFB to pick up a bunch of troops/equipment that would've initiated troop/equipment movements at least three days ago to get to the AFB. (Its called "logistics" and it doesn't move quickly). We also have to believe that TransCom and Air Mobility Command would buy into sending all of the required transportation assets to Moody, when it makes much more sense to send those A/C to the bases where the troops are stationed.
The military would send A/C to the troops, or troops to the A/C, but not send troops and A/C to a third location. Too much for me to hit the "I believe" button.
Follow up to the post above: what is plausible? Elements from Moody AFB may be preparing to deploy, but certainly not the whole base. Also plausible: we have response forces that are always ready to deploy upon notification - 7k is likely part of that response force, but they are at their home station. The AF would send the transports to the troops in this scenario, not send them all to Moody. Also plausible that this is a drill designed to ensure readiness. Bottom line: there might be a kernel of truth in this twatter, but definitely not anything to get worked up about... yet.
This is a case where five minutes of research and some common sense should prevail. Its not hard to find info on Moody AFB: fighter wing, search/rescue, and medical evacuation/treatment are the primary forces at the AFB, and the base itself is only 4.1 sq miles in size (VERY small). They don't have 7000 troops to deploy.
Next, where are the 7k troops coming from? The nearest Army bases have their own airfields - so why move 7k troops all the way to Moody? Doesn't make sense.
For this twatter post to make sense, we' have to believe the Army (or any other military agency) is moving a lot of people a considerable distance to a tiny AFB that primarily provides fighters, close air support and medevacs (NO TRANSPORT capabilities). We also have to believe Air Mobility Command is going to redirect a ton of transport aircraft to a small AFB to pick up a bunch of troops/equipment that would've initiated troop/equipment movements at least three days ago to get to the AFB. (Its called "logistics" and it doesn't move quickly). We also have to believe that TransCom and Air Mobility Command would buy into sending all of the required transportation assets to Moody, when it makes much more sense to send those A/C to the bases where the troops are stationed.
The military would send A/C to the troops, or troops to the A/C, but not send troops and A/C to a third location. Too much for me to hit the "I believe" button.
Follow up to the post above: what is plausible? Elements from Moody AFB may be preparing to deploy, but certainly not the whole base. Also plausible: we have response forces that are always ready to deploy upon notification - 7k is likely part of that response force, but they are at their home station. The AF would send the transports to the troops in this scenario, not send them all to Moody. Also plausible that this is a drill designed to ensure readiness. Bottom line: there might be a kernel of truth in this twatter, but definitely not anything to get worked up about... yet.