Word: airings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...air force mission is to provide close air support for ground troops and handle the logistical needs of the South Vietnamese army. Like the army, the air force is now being equipped and trained by the U.S. to operate eventually on its own. Toward that goal the V.N.A.F. has been given about 100 helicopters, with three times that many still to come. C-47 cargo planes are being supplemented by bigger C-119s. One fighter squadron is already flying supersonic F-5 jets...
...hours, wants his pilots to continue their sociability, "especially with the ladies," but to be disciplined when airborne. The improvement has raised the limited hope that some day, when the fighting is finally scaled down, the South Vietnamese will be able to carry their own in the air as well as on the ground...
...Karp's own heart. It is self-contained except for one essential ingredient: a power system to deliver a steady, pumping beat. This must come from an external console as big as a refrigerator standing at the bedside, to which the artificial heart is attached by two thin air hoses...
...Touch. More than 30 of the superplanes have been built in Lockheed Aircraft's fabled "Skunk Works" under the supervision of Aeronautical Engineer Clarence ("Kelly") Johnson, the man who also designed the U2. The Air Force admits to one squadron, stationed at California's Beale AFB, but the planes are also known to fly out of Okinawa, the Philippines and Thailand. Although a few other aircraft can challenge the SR-71 in a brief dash, the Blackbird can fly 2,000 m.p.h. at 120,000 ft. for as long as an hour, far outdistancing any rival...
...legs and arms and sent the 3,000-lb., four-legged mastodon lumbering across the floor at General Electric's Schenectady plant. As Mosher flexed his arms, the monster climbed a stack of heavy timbers to pose like a circus elephant with one foreleg held in the air. A flick of Mosher's wrist swung a 6½-ft. metal leg in an arc and sent the timbers flying. Another flick and the foreleg playfully kicked sand at watching newsmen...