Super Bowl: 139,080 pounds of wings on way to troops in Afghanistan, Iraq

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Super Bowl: 139,080 pounds of wings on way to troops in Afghanistan, Iraq

U.S. Soldiers watch Super          snackers5,268 four-cheese
Bowl 44 at Camp Ramadi, Iraq,      pizzas8,784 supreme pizzas8,
Feb 8, 2010. This year, the        784 pepperoni pizzas146,400
Defense Logistics Agency is        beef meatballs79,080 turkey
providing U.S. forces in Iraq      wings1,042 gallons of beef
and Afghanistan all the wings,     chili60,040 pounds of breaded
pizza and chili they can           chicken wings60,040 pounds of
handle on Super Bowl Sunday.       unbreaded, jumbo, hot and
(DOD/Spc. Christopher              spicy Buffalo chicken wings35,
Wellner)  Defense Logistics        160 pounds of potato wedges
Agency Troop Support               Troops in Afghanistan will
officials will help to add to      enjoy:
this year's Super Bowl             4,800 pounds of mozzarella
experience for deployed            cheese sticks4,000 pounds of
troops by supplying U.S.           jalapeno poppers with cream
forces in Iraq and                 cheese3,000 pounds of breaded
Afghanistan with all the           jalapeno poppers with cheddar
wings, pizza and chili they        cheese500 cases of plain,
can handle.                        ranch and pizza flavored
As deployed troops in remote       chicken mini-snackers3,600
locations watch the Steelers       four-cheese pizzas3,600
and Packers square off, they       supreme pizzas4,800 pepperoni
can feast on fries, jalapeno       pizzas40,000 beef meatballs27,
poppers with cheddar and           000 turkey wings875 gallons
cream cheese, chicken wings,       of beef chili14,000 pounds of
onion rings and NA beer (no        breaded chicken wings5,000
alcohol).                          pounds of unbreaded, jumbo,
"We cannot do enough to say        hot and spicy Buffalo chicken
thank you to our deployed men      wings10,500 pounds of potato
and women in uniform               wedgesHere's the Air Force
sacrificing and serving to         week in photos from Feb. 5,
protect our way of life here       2011:                         

Super Bowl: 139,080 pounds of wings on way to troops in Afghanistan, Iraq

in America," said Richard          Enlargeal.com staffSenior
Ellis, the acting commander        Airman John Bennett inspects
of DLA Troop Support. "It is       the boom of a KC-135
our pleasure and honor to          Stratotanker Jan. 20, 2011,
serve them up some familiar        at Spokane International
fare so they can have a full       Airport, in Spokane, Wash.
Super Bowl experience before       Airman Bennett is a
they continue on their             hydraulics specialist from
mission."                          Scott Air Force Base, Ill.,
For service members in Iraq,       and is on temporary duty here
DLA Troop Support is               for aircraft maintenance
providing:                         training. (U.S. Air Force
17,580 pounds of mozzarella        photo/Senior Airman Natasha E.
cheese sticks11,712 pounds of      Stannard)Air Force week in
jalapeno poppers with cream        photos, Feb. 5, 2011 gallery
cheese11,712 pounds of             (11 photos)
breaded jalapeno poppers with      Related topics:NFL, Super Bowl

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