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...each aircraft. High above and to the north, F-100 Super Sabre jets flew combat air patrol. Their mission: to forewarn of the approach of enemy aircraft and if possible to intercept. The Super Sabres' radar attention was directed mostly toward the north, where Hanoi's jet airfields are located (the Donghoi airfield, to the south, had been knocked out by U.S. bombing...
Danang, with its airfield, deep-water port facilities and 100,000 population, its U.S. and Vietnamese attack bomb ers, assault helicopters and transports, is a prime target. The three Hawk antiaircraft batteries clustered at Danang since February, with their 36 antiaircraft missiles, add to the target potential of the Danang aviary. From their own strongholds on Monkey Mountain, just west of the base, the Viet Cong are in a good position to clip the claws of those raptors...
...little border towns of La Roque and La Linea, the Spanish cavalry has given way to commonplace infantry and militiamen, while on Gibraltar itself the Black Watch and the Lancers are only a memory, currently being replaced by the Middlesex Regiment. The 15-acre parade ground has become an airfield, while Britain and Spain are engaged in more than a sham battle over the Rock...
...TIME, usually accurate, is mousetrapped by a lady. Mrs. Reich did not appear from hiding behind a bush to confront me in Okinawa [Feb. 12]. Actually, she was given the VIP treatment by airfield personnel and ushered to meet me. How come? She told them that she was my wife...
There are Americans at some 200 installations throughout Viet Nam, and according to one Pentagon estimate, it would take 50 military police battalions-roughly 200,000 men-to guard those installations adequately. By another reckoning, a big airfield like Danang would require a 17½-mile perimeter to keep it out of the range of 81-mm. mortars; a full U.S. division would be required for the job. Lacking such manpower, U.S. troops are improvising. At Quinhon's airstrip, officers and enlisted men alike have begun hiring rugged Mung tribesmen for $5 a month-paid out of their...