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Page Aircraft 74-1683 Crashes onto Runway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Aircraft 74-1683 Wreckage on Runway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Aircraft 74-1686 during Credible Sport II Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Combat Talon 63-7785 Mired in Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Rear View of Aircraft 63-7785 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Foxtrot 33 Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Foxtrot 34 Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Foxtrot 35 Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Foxtrot 40 Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Foxtrot 41 Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 November 10 Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Combat Talon 63-7785 after Hit by Small-Arms Fire, 22 May 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Combat Talon II on the Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Aircraft 64-0551 Nose Section Modified for Project 46 . . . . . . . . . . 305 Aircraft 64-0551 APU Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Aircraft 64-0551 Hydraulic Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Project 46 Nose Strain Static Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Aircraft 64-0551 Intercepts Six-Man Lift Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Failed Radome after 1,500-Pound Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Author with Maj Skip Davenport, Edwards AFB, Calif. . . . . . . . . . 314 Project 46 Test Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Rio Hato AB, Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Crew 1, Operation Just Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Crew 2, Operation Just Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Crew 3, Operation Just Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Tent City, KFIA, Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Construction of Underground Bunker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Life at Arar AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Crew 1, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Crew 2, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Crew 3, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 xiii
Page Crew 4, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Crew 5, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Crew 6, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Crew 7, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Crew 8, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Crew 9, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Crew 10, Desert Shield/Desert Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 BLU-82B Rigged for Airdrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 BLU-82B Detonation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Pilot and Copilot Display, Combat Talon II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Nav/EWO Panel, Combat Talon II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Combat Talon 64-0565—First MOD-90 Modification . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Ramp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during Operation Uphold Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Aircraft 64-0561 at Pap, Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 MC-130Es and HC-130P/Ns at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Gen Wayne Downing Visits Troops Deployed to Guantanamo Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 MH-53J at US Embassy, Monrovia, Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Combat Talon II Departs Dakar, Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Evacuees Transload to Combat Talon II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Skyanchor Removal from Nose Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 15th SOS Multiple-Ship Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Combat Talon II En Route to Balkan Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Tech Sergeant Beck Prepares for High-Altitude Leaflet Drop . . . . . . . 456 Leaflet Drop during Operation Allied Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 14 April 1999 Leaflet Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 1 June 1999 Leaflet Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 1 June 1999 Leaflet Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 3 June 1999 Leaflet Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 4 June 1999 Leaflet Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 xiv
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Page 4 and 5: The Praetorian STARShip The Untold
Page 6 and 7: This book is dedicated to all Speci
Page 8 and 9: Contents Chapter Page DISCLAIMER .
Page 10 and 11: Figure Page 13 Template Shift Due t
Page 12 and 13: Page Col Don Britton, First Command
Page 16 and 17: Foreword As a young lieutenant flyi
Page 18 and 19: About the Author USAF Photo Col Jer
Page 20 and 21: The third factor driving approval o
Page 22 and 23: A Word from the Commander We in Air
Page 24 and 25: was changed forever. The US Army Wa
Page 26 and 27: Introduction Welcome to the world o
Page 28 and 29: system, the following three chapter
Page 30 and 31: move was partially driven by the Ai
Page 32 and 33: Chapter 1 Establishment of Combat T
Page 34 and 35: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON coloc
Page 36 and 37: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON Two d
Page 38 and 39: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON immed
Page 40 and 41: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON Life
Page 42 and 43: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON condu
Page 44 and 45: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON Precu
Page 46 and 47: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON were
Page 48 and 49: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON SOG h
Page 50 and 51: Chapter 2 The Combat Talon Weapons
Page 52 and 53: although the early Fulton modificat
Page 54 and 55: THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM tri
Page 56 and 57: THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM Lt
Page 58 and 59: THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM as
Page 60 and 61: THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM mis
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM The
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM ./
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equipment malfunctioned, the more t
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM top
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM it
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM TEP
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM CRu
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Yank aircraft operating in the Paci
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM Fig
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM ly
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TYPICAl TANKER ORBIT PATTERN THE CO
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM Not
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Once the Stray
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 1968: The Estab
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP ridgeline. John
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP that it was a t
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP terrain followi
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP to intercept th
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP assigned to the
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP making multiple
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Chapter 4 Combat Spear (The Vietnam
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COMBAT SPEAR quarters and were prov
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COMBAT SPEAR f -fpadc khi ai b6 phr
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COMBAT SPEAR The study cited the fo
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COMBAT SPEAR rn nilMirif Piti.r,,!
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COMBAT SPEAR proper crew rest could
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COMBAT SPEAR proper people. Moreove
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COMBAT SPEAR we never intended to e
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COMBAT SPEAR Christmas spirit and j
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COMBAT SPEAR ■ IBDCITI |«'4llH^
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COMBAT SPEAR with good radar target
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COMBAT SPEAR two loadmasters, and t
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COMBAT SPEAR was given up. The crew
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COMBAT SPEAR killed, and 187 were w
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COMBAT SPEAR volunteers shortly aft
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COMBAT SPEAR were provided to SOG b
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COMBAT SPEAR early as January 1970.
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COMBAT SPEAR r esources resulted. A
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COMBAT SPEAR live surface-to-air pi
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served as the squadron’s administ
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COMBAT SPEAR Korean government. 139
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COMBAT SPEAR marked the beginning o
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COMBAT SPEAR 76. History, 14th Spec
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Sembach AB to R
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Combat Talon de
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP June also saw t
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP prisoners of wa
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP and presenting
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 1973: Combat Ta
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP experienced wit
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Chapter 6 The Son Tay Prisoner of W
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID On
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID cr
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID Tr
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID al
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID th
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID RT
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID se
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID ob
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THE SON TAY PRISONER OF WAR RAID se
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Chapter 7 Between the Wars (1975-79
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BETWEEN THE WARS Tentatively, the p
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BETWEEN THE WARS be undertaken in M
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BETWEEN THE WARS was established as
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BETWEEN THE WARS From 28 March to 1
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BETWEEN THE WARS The 7575th OG exer
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BETWEEN THE WARS The last half of t
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BETWEEN THE WARS during 1978 the sq
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BETWEEN THE WARS Italy for the firs
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BETWEEN THE WARS SOW CCT member lin
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Chapter 8 The Iranian Rescue Missio
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION shah had
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION were oth
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The 1st SOW maintained the four gun
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Crew 1 C
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION large ru
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION helicopt
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION or barra
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Since th
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executing the mission. Kyle had jus
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION addition
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION where he
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION the resc
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equired eight and one-half hours of
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The prototype Benson tank was opera
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NVG landings. Because of the short
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION the 1st
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION of the C
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION transmis
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Photo co
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Photo co
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Fleming
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION had land
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION outside
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION ^f5
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION vertical
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION a decisi
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Notes 1.
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Chapter 9 Project Honey Badger and
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PROJECT HONEY BADGER AND CREDIBLE S
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adar system similar to the Combat T
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0428 local, made its tactical landi
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Chapter 10 From Desert One to Point
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Talon community. 8 The IFR modifica
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES an
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES sq
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exercise aircraft on the ground wer
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standard operating procedures for c
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES un
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to MAC’s newly formed Twenty-Thir
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES se
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES an
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plan, Colonel Hudspeth arrived in t
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES At
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES MA
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for five Combat Talons, Hobson and
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES US
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES de
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES as
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il-u Grenada Firlih Hunlfe^ Fiuil
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES th
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES 10
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP five-light syst
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP the total force
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP interest the co
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP operations exer
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP forces in being
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 1986: The Goldw
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP With rumors swi
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Photo courtesy
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP all on-aircraft
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Dur ing the fol
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP the ORI overwhe
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP H ■ BB a FT-
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 28. History, 2d
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP ranks to become
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP continued to ve
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP process. Events
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP launch. By 1730
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP USAF Photo Crew
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP spacing between
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP vegetation grow
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Task Force Blac
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP JTF-South force
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 21. Ibid. 22. I
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Cope Thunder Wi
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP the first night
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Within days of
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP SOW forces lean
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP was “not bad.
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP --7^*—1^, ■
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP ready for testi
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP start of the ai
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Orrell had depl
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 16 January the
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Saudi Arabia. H
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP experts destroy
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Chapter 14 Mount Pinatubo to Operat
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MOUNT PINATUBO TO OPERATION JOINT E
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major eruption occurred. Seismograp
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headquarters. For AFSOC McPeak’s
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culmination of years of hard work b
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flew a SOCEUR assessment team into
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Early in the spring of 1993, all th
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Chapter 15 Operation Assured Respon
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OPERATION ASSURED RESPONSE TO THE N
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fuel available at the new location
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Epilogue 2000 and Beyond: A Combat
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surface will be covered by layers o
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Live Fulton STARS Made by Combat Ta
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Person Date Location Recovery Pilot
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Partial Summary of Upgrades, MOD-90
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—X Band Receiver/Transmitter: On
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Glossary AAA AAF ABCCC ABW ACS AD A
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CTJTF CTMR CTW CV DCS DCSO DIA DMZ
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MATS MC MCAS MCM MEU MFF MFP MIA MO
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SKE SLOG SMM SOAR SOCCENT SOCCT SOC
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Index Aircraft B-17: 2-4, 15, 17, 2
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Far East Command (FECOM): 5-8 Fulto
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