# Davis-Monthan Air Force Base reply to a FOIA request about the flare drop

> Answers a request for records of the A-10 flare drop: operational data are kept six months under the Air Force disposition schedule, the records have…

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# Davis-Monthan Air Force Base reply to a FOIA request about the flare drop

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Answers a request for records of the A-10 flare drop: operational data are kept six months under the Air Force disposition schedule, the records have been destroyed, and no logs for the date could be checked.

U.S. Air Force, 2013. Public domain

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## Where it was made

[Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQPVYRY578F/davis-monthan-air-force-base-tucson) · Air base

## Sources 1

- [The Phoenix Lights Incident, March 13th, 1997](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQPVX284E68/the-phoenix-lights-incident-march-13th-1997)_SRC_

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Davis-Monthan Air Force Base reply to a FOIA request about the flare drop [Artifact ART0CQPWEMR4X2W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQPWEMR4X2W
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U.S. Air Force, 355th Communications Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB

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dated 8 August 2013

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