With no guidance from the control tower, landing an aircraft on
the flight line would be much like approaching a busy intersection
without any stop signs or traffic lights. The Marines and sailors
of Detachment Alpha, Marine Air Control Squadron 1, 3rd Marine
Aircraft Wing (Forward), are inherently responsible for providing
all-weather air traffic control services to civilian, tactical and
non-tactical aircraft operating within al-Asad’s (Iraq)
airspace.
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