Air Force: 2 Afghan trainees missing from Georgia air base

[mfcorey1]

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Officials say two male Afghan nationals being trained at an Air Force base in Georgia have gone missing.

In a news release issued Tuesday night, base officials said the two students didn't report on Monday to "their regular maintenance training" with the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force base, located near Valdosta, about 230 miles south of Atlanta.

The release notes that the two men have been at Moody since February 2015 and "were screened prior to their arrival in the United States more than a year ago."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/air-force-2-afghan-trainees-missing-from-georgia-air-base/ar-AAgbtaY?li=BBnb7Kz

[maxrandb]

1. If they're with the Air Force

did anyone check the local golf courses?

Sorry, as a retired Navy guy, just a little intra-service joshing.

Hope and anticipate that it is nothing nefarious, and that they may have just had a little too much TAD Liberty, but with all the stuff that is going on, and the fact that this was in Georgia, I hope that they weren't targeted by the locals. Lot's of hateful rhetoric fling around out there.

[Glitterati]

2. That's my fear as well. This is redneck Valdosta, GA we are talking about.

It's most likely that some local redneck has taken the republican permission they have been given and went "Muslim hunting."

And, I type the above as a Georgian.

[TipTok]

3. 99% they are taking their chances as illegal immigrants..

The poorest folks in the US have an exponentially better quality of life compared to your average Afghan.

[jberryhill]

4. Or, just a long weekend

They wouldn't be the first AF trainees not to show up on Monday.