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From: mef@unify.com (Marvin Fenner)
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Subject: Re: Aviation Anniversaries
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Date: 14 Jun 91 15:09:21 GMT
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From: mef@unify.com (Marvin Fenner)


jem3@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com (John E McKillop) writes:
> From: jem3@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com (John E McKillop)
> June 7, 1981: Eight Israeli Air Force General Dynamics F-16s escorted by
> McDonnell F-15s, attack the Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad, Iraq,
> disabling its core. As a result, the US imposes a temporary embargo on
> the supply of new F-16s to Israel.

Those of us pulling AWACS support duty in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
remember this evening well. When the entire command staff came rushing
through the hotel lobby that evening, briefcase and brick
(walkie-talkie) in hand, we thought July 4th had arrived a bit early.

Seems that our "eye in the sky" had watched the whole thing on 
the tube (RADAR).

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