Word: korea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Afterward, the Air Force will name its "top guns" -- an individual pilot and a high-scoring team from a field of 90 active-duty, reservist and Air National Guard pilots flying in from bases as close as Colorado and as distant as Korea. Much of the costly $1.2 million exercise is calculated to impress Congress. It provides comparative statistics measuring the high-tech F-16 against older planes such as the F-4s, A-10s and A-7s flown by Guardsmen and some reservists. Computerized bombing, applied by man, usually triumphs...
Ironically, reserve units with F-16s are getting some of the best scores. "They're fossils," admits Korea-based "driver" Captain Taylor Gates, 29, "but they're good." Indeed they are. An active-duty squad from Hill A.F.B., Utah, won the team competition -- Anderson's team took fifth -- but a fossil, Major Danny Hamilton, 41, flying with a reserve unit at the same Utah base, won the individual award. Not only is Hamilton a former active-duty pilot who bailed out in mid-career rather than fly a desk, he is also a computer expert. He trusts avionics software...
...often turbulent years since it was founded, South Korea has survived a war with Communist North Korea, two coups and the assassination of a President. Last week South Koreans experienced something new: a peaceful transfer of power. Declaring that an era of democracy was about to begin, Roh Tae Woo, a former general, became his country's President in a solemn 45- minute ceremony...
...combat. For Pat Robertson, March 8 marks not only Super Tuesday but also the date his libel suit against Pete McCloskey is scheduled to go to trial. Robertson is suing McCloskey for claiming that he sought help from his father Senator A. Willis Robertson to avoid combat duty in Korea. A review of evidence collected by McCloskey's lawyers reveals that Robertson may be in for a blitzkrieg of bad publicity. Several fellow Marine officers corroborate McCloskey's claim, and a letter from Robertson's father to Marine General Lemuel Shepherd expresses his pleasure that Pat "will get more training...
...feud between opposition leaders, Kim Young Sam, 60, might have become President of South Korea. Though Kim and his longtime rival, Kim Dae Jung, 62, together drew 55% of the votes in December's presidential election, Government Candidate Roh Tae Woo, 55, was able to win with just 37% of the total. Kim Young Sam showed his contrition last week by stepping down as head of the Reunification Democratic Party, the main opposition group. He said the move was aimed at promoting unity among antigovernment forces in National Assembly elections, which have been scheduled for this spring. Kim Dae Jung...