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From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop)
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Subject: Re: B-1s in gulf?
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Date: 19 Jan 91 03:32:29 GMT
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From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop)
beckerd@cs.unc.edu (David Becker) writes:

>From: beckerd@cs.unc.edu (David Becker)

>>From: harryo@ihlpa.att.com (Harold R Holm)
>>... any increased activity 
>>by SAC B-52/B-1 ...
>>US since late last week?  

>As I read this post I realized this is the _first_ time I've seen B-1s
>mentionsed anywhere in regards to the gulf.  Can't B-1s do conventional
>missions?  Everyone has been pointing to the B-52s to do the carpet
>bombing.  What of the B-1s?

     I haven't talked to anyone to confirm this, but it seems to me that
releasing the B-1's from SIOP (Strategic Integrated Operating Plan) duties
would present problems, just as it did with the B-52's in Vietnam.  Also,
the risk of losing a B-1 to the Iraqis, no matter how small, is probably
unacceptable; besides, the B-52's are doing fine.
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