Word: kc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Toronto 8, KC...
...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 in air, six at a time, by KC-10 airborne tankers, and arrive over their targets ready to fight. In addition, the battleship Wisconsin is soon to sail directly into the gulf, where it will join the guided-missile ships of the Joint Task Force Middle East. They are all armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles that...