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...Harrier AV-8A jump jets, the British-built aircraft capable of leaping straight up from a carrier deck and then accelerating to more than 500 m.p.h., have crashed since the Marines first bought them seven years ago. Death toll: nine pilots. Six of the planes have gone down this year, the latest on July 26 in Pamlico Sound off eastern North Carolina, killing its pilot. Just two weeks before that, another pilot was killed when his plane dove into the Atlantic off the North Carolina coast after having performed its feat of hummingbird derring-do from the carrier Saratoga...
General Richard Carey, commander of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point: "This aircraft has an accident rate which is no higher than with certain other aircraft at comparable points in time." Nonetheless, the Pentagon concedes that the Harrier currently suffers the highest accident rate of any U.S. military aircraft - an average of 5.32 crashes for every 10,000 hours of flight time...
...Marines have ordered 350 more Harriers, but privately some officers say the crashes may result in the phasing out of all Harriers, which are designed for backing up typical Marine-style assaults on beachheads. Says one pilot: "The Ma rine Corps is trying to keep the Harrier funded. But it's hard to get money when your planes keep plunking in the ocean...
...fortnight later, recalls Eban, he ran into a British official who told him that Amin had been seeking Harrier jets from London for the same purpose. "What did you do?" wondered Eban. "I asked him," said the Briton, "if he wanted another...
...first mile of the race was extremely competitive, as Crimson harrier Thad McNulty registered a blazing 2:07 half-mile. Senior captain Campbell shot past the mile mark at 4:24, just seven seconds behind the leaders. The rest of the team was not far behind, as Rafto ran for a strong 4:29 first mile, followed only seconds later by teammates Pete Fitzsimmons and Reed Eichner...