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...other means of delivering a devastating counterattack. Strategic B-52 and B-1 bombers based in the U.S. and on Diego Garcia could lay down carpets of high explosives on Iraqi targets. They would be supported by F-14 interceptors and attack planes from the U.S. carriers in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Those ships are more than 600 miles from Iraq, out of range of Iraqi jets and Exocet missiles, which in 1987 badly damaged the patrolling frigate U.S.S. Stark, apparently accidentally, and killed 37 of its crew. The carrier-based planes would be refueled...
...million battle-hardened men under arms, plus 500 combat aircraft and 5,500 tanks. The U.S. has no ground troops in the region; its presence is limited to six medium-size ships of the Joint Task Force * Middle East, based on the island of Bahrain. The aircraft carrier Independence is steaming toward a station off the Straits of Hormuz, and the carrier Saratoga will join the Eisenhower in the Mediterranean, but they would be hard pressed to roll back Iraq's army...
...aircraft carrier Independence and a six-ship battle group had been given high-speed authority to head toward the region from the Indian Ocean but were several days from reaching a "striking distance" position outside the Persian Gulf, Pentagon sources said...
...Proceed with production of the Navy's A-12 attack bomber, but slash the purchase order from 858 to 620. This was the first public confirmation that Cheney assumes that the Navy will operate with twelve aircraft-carrier battle groups, two less than at present. It also means no longer relying on the % Navy's A-6 attack...
When Frank Lorenzo flew Eastern Airlines into bankruptcy court last year, he vowed to bring the carrier out stronger than ever. But strikebound Eastern has lost $1.2 billion since then, and Lorenzo has proved unable to reach an agreement with Eastern's creditors. To break the deadlock, a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Manhattan last week named airline-industry veteran Martin Shugrue to serve as trustee for the troubled Eastern. While Lorenzo's Texas Air company will continue to own Eastern, Lorenzo will have no say in the airline's management during the bankruptcy proceedings. Shugrue, 49, who will...