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Word: 28s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grueling 21-day survival course at Nevada's Stead Air Force Base. Each officer and airman of the Air Commandos must know how to do every job in the outfit. The aircraft are picked with equal care for reliability and ease of repair under primitive conditions. The T-28s fly slowly (top speed: 346 m.p.h.) and low enough for pilots to sight and attack elusive guerrilla targets in the jungle. The transports can land on short, rough airstrios. The B-26s haul men, rockets and bombs, and ferret out enemy hide outs with ultramodern cameras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Operation Jungle Jim | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

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