Word: interceptor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sometimes I like to think about the governor-general's car, though, down in Tahiti. I mean, I'm happy with my Nova but I figure if he's a class guy he's probably got one of those english cars. A Jensen Interceptor. And being governor-general, he probably doesn't get too many speeding tickets. Even if he gets pulled over, the cop probably says I'm sorry governor-general, I didn't know it was you. Go right on. So the governor-general probably takes out this Jensen Interceptor--this is the picture I have, see--late...
Many theories have been offered to explain the accidents. The Starfighter had been designed by Lockheed Aircraft as a high-altitude, fair-weather interceptor. But the Luftwaffe modified it, converting some models into all-weather fighter-bombers and others into reconnaissance planes. The changes added weight to the aircraft, presumably making them even more tricky to handle. According to one veteran U.S. Starfighter pilot, controlling the unmodified models was difficult enough. "To fly it properly you must have fingers like a concert pianist," he says. Other observers felt that West German support crews lacked the technical expertise to cope with...
Shopping List. The Israelis, as part of the accord, will get not only the new $20 million F-15 fighter but also the lightweight F-16 interceptor, which is the most maneuverable combat aircraft in the world. Kissinger also committed the Administration to considering, "with the view to giving a positive response," an Israeli request for a new model of the U.S. Pershing ground-to-ground missile...
...Beaming U.S. Air Force generals mingled with aircraft executives and diplomats. The party's host, General Dynamics Corp. of St. Louis, had every reason to splurge. After more than a year of knee-and-gouge competition, Belgium had decided to buy the company's F-16 fighter-interceptor instead of the French Dassault Mirage F1-M53 as a replacement for aging U.S. F-104 Starfighters. That clinched what everyone was calling "the arms deal of the century...
...typical flight operation at sea and an impressive display of a Sixth Fleet carrier's naval-air talents. The U.S.S. Forrestal with four escorting destroyers, was steering a complicated course between Sicily and Crete, exercising its special martial arts. The Phantoms and Corsairs flew off to drill in interceptor tactics or to make practice runs with dummy bombs and missiles. Electronic-surveillance planes stuffed with microtechnology ranged far and wide on reconnaissance flights. The destroyers darted off or raced back to the carrier according to their own tactical plans. Periodically, tankers showed up to refuel...