In a just completed tour dubbed "Operation: Let Freedom Wing" Hooters Calendar Girls and the Hooters sponsored singing sensations UC3 traveled through bases overseas. In the 16 Day tour the group performed 7 shows in 5 countries and attended dozens of smaller meet and greet visits.

The tour, which was hosted by Armed Forces Entertainment, featured a 90-minute variety show packed with music, humor and beautiful Hooters Girls. UC3, the dynamic new girl singing group, which Hooters sponsors, performed selections from their soon-to-be-released debut CD, as well as classic patriotic and "torch" songs such as the national anthem, the four service anthems and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." The show ended with a bang when UC3 sang "Anywhere USA" accompanied by 6 flag waving Hooters Calendar Girls sporting Hooters latest military appreciation uniform, featuring camouflage patterned shorts and a tank top.

The show, which was designed to resemble the classic Bob Hope USO tours, was described by many troops as the most fun and best attended morale show in years.

During the tour, the Hooters Group distributed 2,000 Calendars; 20,000 Let Freedom Wing Lapel Pins; 10,000 posters and 10,000 decks of special Hooters Calendar playing cards. The 7 shows were attended by over 15,000 troops, and UC3 and the 6 Calendar Girls figure they signed over 100,000 autographs on the special tour merchandise.

Plans are already underway for a follow-up tour. "We will definitely be ready to go again soon. There are a lot of troops we did not get a chance to see this time. Based on the considerable request we received, we will have to figure out a way to take Hooters chicken wings, as well as the girls next time," stated Mike McNeil.