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Escorting the Stallions were two Marine AH-1W SuperCobra helicopter gunships, bristling with missiles, cannon and machine guns, and a pair of single-pilot Marine AV-8B Harrier jump jets. These six aircraft were backed up by identical sets of replacement helicopters and jump jets-none was needed-as well as two Navy EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare planes, two Marine F/A-18D Hornets to provide air cover, and a pair of tank-killing Air Force A-10 Warthogs. The entire aerial armada of roughly 40 planes was choreographed from above by a nato awacs radar plane. "We had the whole...
...social order will be destroyed. 6. Prisoners of conscience don't know it, but they actually enjoy incarceration. 7. In my expert opinion, if she fails to bear a son, he should divorce her. 8a. I didn't let him enroll in my class because he looked gay. 8b. I didn't let him enroll in my class because, although he looks straight, I heard he was gay. 8c. I didn't let him enroll in my class because I got a gay feeling from him. 9. The spread of HIV is helping to mend the moral fabric...
Some firms are beefing up their civilian operations to soften the loss of military business. McDonnell Douglas is phasing out production of such lucrative aircraft as the F-15 Eagle fighter and the AV-8B Harrier fighter- bomber. To help take up the slack, the St. Louis-based firm agreed last year to join forces with Taiwan Aerospace Corp. to build a new generation of commercial jetliners. At the same time, overseas contracts and proposals to modernize McDonnell Douglas military aircraft now in service could salvage additional jobs on the firm's production lines...
Despite its efficiency in carrying out Operation Desert Shield, the Pentagon is a paper tiger when it comes to penalizing its contractors for fraud and other crimes. Just last February Northrop pleaded guilty to 34 counts of falsifying test results on key parts for cruise missiles and AV-8B Harrier jump jets. In part because of those abuses, the Pentagon banned the company from receiving new contracts. But the Defense Department disclosed last week that it has waived the ban to allow the Navy to buy 104 more Harrier gyroscopes (total price: $300,000), which are made only by Northrop...
...prospect of leaner times ahead because of smaller Pentagon budgets was a significant factor in the cutbacks. Three of the company's four biggest military production programs -- the Air Force's F-15E Eagle fighter, the Marine Corps's AV-8B Harrier II strike fighter and the Army's AH-64 Apache helicopter -- are scheduled to be phased out in the next three years. The C-17 military transport is behind schedule, and orders for the Navy's T-45 Goshawk trainer have been cut back. The company is also teamed with other aerospace companies in several programs that face...