Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first step was to gather every scrap of evidence that could be found, including the remains of Challenger. A fleet of 13 vessels, four planes and nine helicopters began searching an area that eventually grew to 6,000 sq. mi. of Atlantic coastal waters, picking up thousands of pounds of wreckage, including a large section of the shuttle's fuselage and the nose of a booster rocket...
...deterred from operating in international waters. But the show was certainly impressive. The aircraft carriers Coral Sea and Saratoga, carrying about 100 supersonic aircraft, cruised toward the Gulf of Sidra off the coast of Libya. Sailing protectively with them were at least 23 auxiliary vessels from the U.S. Sixth Fleet. The jet fighters blasted off the carriers on patrols that seemed to edge ever closer to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's Soviet-armed nation...
...naval complex at the fomer U.S. base at Cam Ranh Bay in Viet Nam, about 750 miles west of the Philippines. The deep natural harbor at Subic Bay, 50 miles northwest of Manila on the South China Sea, is the primary support and logistics base for the U.S. Seventh Fleet's 80 ships and 550 aircraft. Four floating dry docks can accommodate surface craft or submarines. Its supply depot is the Navy's largest, and its magazine holds 3.8 million cu. ft. of ammunition. Some 4,500 Filipino technicians keep 70 ships a month in good repair. The workers earn...
Many factors are responsible for Eastern's financial woes. They include overaggressive expansion, excessive borrowing for new aircraft, and a reputation for mediocre customer service. One crucial mistake was made during the '70s, when the company delayed modernizing its aging fleet of fuel- guzzling planes. By the time Eastern stepped up purchases of new fuel- efficient aircraft in 1972, it was facing steep replacement costs of up to $35 million for each 293-seat L-1011, and was short on cash. Says company Chairman Frank Borman, a former Apollo astronaut: "We had a substantial job of rebuilding...
Challenger, the second of the agency's fourships to fly, was making ts 10th flight, more thanany of the other shuttles. Its destruction leavesa fleet of just three shuttles and a program inconsiderable uncertainty...