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...force by the U.S. since World War II, carriers steamed to the scene. But in the past the U.S. has usually been able to rely on its allies to provide forward staging areas for projecting U.S. power. The unwillingness of the French and Spanish to let American F-111s pass through their airspace on the long flight to Libya puts the U.S. on notice that it can no longer routinely count on allied support for its military adventures. It is by no means certain that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, besieged at home for permitting the F-111s to fly from...
According to Officer Ayala, this right is covered by Charter 111B, and alcoholics are therefore often referred to as "111s...
Officer Ayala calls the wagon for an intoxicated man sitting on the pavement. According to Ayala, 111s often get violent and have to be put in the wagon involuntarily. This old man, however, seems docile and grateful...
...bombing sorties a day against Iraqi targets. The initial attack would be led by radar-evading F-117A Stealth fighter-bombers and sea-based Tomahawk cruise missiles, attacking key Iraqi military and infrastructure facilities. In the second phase of the air campaign, hulking Air Force B-52s, F-111s and F-15Es would join Navy F/A-18s and A-6s in striking Iraqi ground installations, from water-purification works to command and control centers and airfields...
...open terrain that air force officers refer to as a "tank-shooting gallery." There is no natural cover, and tanks can be spotted readily by the tall, brown columns of dust they raise. These forces would be vulnerable to F-16s, Saudi and British Tornados, and possibly F-111s now on station in Turkey, carrying 2,000-lb. laser-guided bombs and Maverick missiles. Armored, low-flying A-10 Thunderbolts would riddle the tanks with armor-piercing depleted-uranium slugs from rapid-fire guns...