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From: hight@erg.sri.com (John Hight)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B-52/Tanker movement noted?
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.033511.591@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Jan 91 03:35:11 GMT
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From: hight@erg.sri.com (John Hight)
In article <1991Jan17.051831.26926@cbnews.att.com> Brian.Wbst311@xerox.com writes:
>I would expect that they,  and the B52's,  would be flown from secure bases
>which are out of range of Iraqi aircraft,  but are reasonably close to the
>targets,  and have been stockpiled with bombs.   Perhaps Cyprus or Italy,  or
>England....

At the risk of someone jumping on me for this off-the-top-of-my-head
remark, I was under the impression that Diego Garcia was in range and
was indeed being used.
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John Hight, SRI International	hight@sri.com	415-859-4279