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From: ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (allen kitchen)
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Subject: Re: OP. DESERT SHIELD
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From: ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (allen kitchen)


	Speaking as one who has first hand knowledge of what the B52
can do as far as damage, using this plane in this conflict is a good
idea. It shouldn't be the first plane over the border, by all means,
but one B52 can make a city block into a parking lot in under 10 secs.
As far as accuracy goes, we usually could land our bombs within 5-10ft
of target. It got to the point we were so cocky we
would ask who the command wanted to die first in the target site...

	My heart does bleed for those on Diego Garcia, affectionatly called:
A looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way from anything!!!

allen