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From: page@cod.nosc.mil (Ward C. Page)
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Subject: Re: OP. DESERT SHIELD
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.043752.2024@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 27 Nov 90 04:37:52 GMT
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From: page@cod.nosc.mil (Ward C. Page)

In article <1990Nov21.215841.18509@cbnews.att.com> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:
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>From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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>FB-111s are available for precision strike, but do not carry the big bomb load
>which the B-52 can. 
>

This is a little off the subject, but F-111's CAN carry as big a bomb load
as a B-52.  Back in the 70's General Dynamics loaded an F-111 with as many
iron bombs as a Buff carries and flew it around the pattern a couple of
times to demonstrate the wonderfulness of the 111.  The pilot swore never
to attempt it again.

Ward Page