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...Vowing to assist the Arab nations "in every way," the Soviet Union was airlifting daily some 1,000 tons of combat equipment, including highly effective SA-6 missiles, into Egypt and Syria. More than 17 Soviet ships, including six cargo vessels loaded with armored vehicles, steamed through the Dardanelles, pushing Russian naval strength in the eastern Mediterranean to about 75 vessels, well above any previous levels...
...Responding in kind, the U.S. employed giant C-5A, C-130 and C-141 cargo planes to carry 5,000 tons of equipment to Israel. Promising to replace Israel's heavy aircraft losses, the Pentagon began speeding Phantom jet fighters to the war zone. Two U.S. attack carriers and two amphibious assault carriers, each bearing 1,800 Marines, began gathering in the eastern Mediterranean, and some 50 U.S. Air Force personnel were sent to Israel to help with the airlift. President Nixon asked Congress for an emergency appropriation of $2.2 billion for Israeli resupply...
...crude was twice loaded from Amoseas storage tanks in Ras Lanuf terminal aboard a ship that was to deliver it to the Saras refinery near Cagliari, Sardinia. The oil firms are suing Saras for return of the crude or payment of an estimated $2,000,000 cash for the cargo, on the ground that the oil still legally belongs to Amoseas...
Philippine officials said the three craft were among four cargo planes acquired for development purposes under an $8 million loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The fourth aircraft is still to be delivered...
...also try for maximum utilization of the planes. The cargo planes carry 24 tons of cargo, and if they are available for carrying soldiers, then we have used them. We certainly don't use them to bomb or to carry ammunition," Mirasel contiued...