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From: sampson@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Steve Sampson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: air defense wires
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Date: 11 Apr 89 05:04:13 GMT
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From: sampson@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Steve Sampson)

In article <5516@cbnews.ATT.COM>, vrdxhq!vrdxhq.verdix.com!bsmart@uunet.UU.NET (Bob Smart) writes:
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> From: vrdxhq!vrdxhq.verdix.com!bsmart@uunet.UU.NET (Bob Smart)
> 
> This was used in Vietnam and is believed to have caused the downing of
> at least one F-111.

My brother was a crew chief on F-111s at Mt Home and Tahkli (sp?) and the
biggest problem was pilots flying them into the ground.  He lost three in
his enlistment.  One in Vietnam was found impacted on a mountain ledge, said
it missed the top by about 100 feet.  Two in Mt Home were lost on the range
but the pilots ejected, one capsules bladder never inflated and broke their
backs.  All in all he liked it better than the F-4 for maintenance, said he
felt bad when the aircraft recovered and his didn't come back.