Word: hornets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...petty officers to the reinstitution of the draft (favored by many training officers although opposed by the Administration); it also made a plea for increased spending on spare parts and realistic training to enhance the flashy weapons. The fourth followed the metamorphosis of the Navy's F-18A Hornet from a $5 million fighter into a $30 million, all-purpose plane and questioned whether the military would not be better off with less complex, more reliable weapons that could be turned out faster in much larger quantities. In the last hour, Cronkite tried to tot up the strengths...