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Originally Posted by ORAC

https://www.airforcemag.com/usaf-to-...-as-f-35-unit/

USAF to Reactivate 495th Fighter Squadron as F-35 Unit


The Air Force will reactivate its 495th Fighter Squadron to support the F-35 mission at RAF Lakenheath, U.K., 48th Fighter Wing spokesperson Maj. Sybil V. Taunton confirmed to Air Force Magazine via email Sept. 15.

“Overall we will see a plus-up of roughly 1,200 personnel to operate and support two full squadrons of F-35s,” she wrote, noting that the base’s first Joint Strike Fighters are still slated to reach the base late next year.

The 48th Fighter Wing has held off on a formal public announcement about the squadron’s reactivation because it’s on an ongoing search for a squadron mascot, she said. However, she noted, the wing is open to proposals from the aviation-loving public.

“We were really intending to target our U.K. aviation enthusiast community for ideas, given our location, but we will welcome suggestions from back home in the U.S. as well,” she wrote.

Anyone can submit their ideas via an email to [email protected], or by tweeting the wing @48FighterWing, Taunton wrote.

The 495th Fighter Squadron, which the 48th Fighter Wing History Office writes was deactivated in December 1991, previously operated F-111F Aardvark aircraft, Taunton noted.

There appears to be a continued buggering up of the English language, essentially by people who's livelihood depends on being good at it. Why did the spokesperson say "plus up"? Does she not know how to say increase???? Or expansion even? Commentators are always using expressions such as; grow the business or grow our foot print. Another word that seems to have been forgotten, and a lash up of words put in place, is attendance, especially when talking about the number of shoppers, foot fall is the new term apparently. I suspect there is a craving for more jargon in the media. They need it like an alcoholic needs more alcohol.

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