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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Planes Against Brawn | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

...American policymakers show similar restraint when the controllers try to unnerve them by having a U.S. KC-135 tanker aircraft stray into Soviet airspace and a U.S. destroyer accidentally ram a Soviet submarine. In the role of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is Admiral William Crowe Jr., who in reality stepped down from that position only the day before the taping. "These things happen," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Mock Crisis, Real Players | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...called Geezer, as in old man, and his buddy is KC, like from the Sunshine Band...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Hungry for One More Season on the Football Field | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

Collins is spared the catcalls. Also tired and sweaty from the day's second practice, he is patted on the head as the players filter out of Dillon. "Hey KC," they each say. They are happy to have him there, happy to have snatched him back from both basketball and graduation for one last season...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Hungry for One More Season on the Football Field | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

Collins is spared the catcalls. Also tired and sweaty from the day's second practice, he is patted on the head as the players filter out of Dillon. "Hey KC," they each say. They are happy to have him there, happy to have snatched him back from both basketball and graduation for one last season...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Hungry for One More Season on the Football Field | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

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