Advising Platform Lightning
Advising Platform Lightning | |||||||
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| Near Gardez, Paktia Province in Afghanistan | |||||||
  AP Lightning Shown within Afghanistan | |||||||
| Coordinates | 33°36′00″N 69°13′01″E / 33.60000°N 69.21694°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner |  Afghanistan | ||||||
| Operator | NATO/Resolute Support Mission | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | ???? | ||||||
| In use | Unknown-present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Garrison | Task Force Southeast | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 7,500 feet (2,286 m) AMSL | ||||||
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Advising Platform Lightning[1] or more simply AP Lightning is an installation used by Task Force Southeast to train 203rd Corps of the Afghan National Army and the 303rd Afghanistan National Police Zone Headquarters. It was formerly named Forward Operating Base (FOB) Lightning,[2] an American military base in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/news/task-force-southeast-assists-afghan-forces/article_713068ee-5c44-11e7-bca3-77be7e6d90e7.html
- ^ Stewart, Kenneth (1 December 2011). "Spirit comes to FOB Lightning". DVIDS. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1202683/fob-lightnings-comprehensive-soldier-fitness-expo