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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...develop, easily exceed the Air Force's stringent performance requirements. Both can cruise at supersonic speeds without having to resort to fuel-gulping afterburners, and they have twice the range of the F-15. The aircraft use advanced computerized controls and simplified screens to lighten the pilot's work load. Both candidates incorporate the latest radar-evading "stealthy" features. They pack as much as 20 times the data-processing power of an F-15 for spotting hostile aircraft before being seen themselves...
...Golden Knights will look to Hugo Belanger (10-25--35) and Dave Trombley (18-16--34) for offensive production, although the scoring load is spread more evenly throughout the top three lines than ECAC Crimson...
...missiles and rockets. It would take a terrific barrage of any of these to soak enemy troops thoroughly, and once the blasting started, allied bombers would furiously attack the culprits. "Once they're out in the open," says an American pilot, "they're dead meat." The Iraqis might also load mines with chemicals, but these would deliver an isolated punch...
...Miller's gunship, a ponderous Huey "hog," was taking on a fresh load of rockets and grenades, a Soviet-made 122-mm shell exploded several yards away in a lethal burst of metal. Fragments shredded his pants, embedding themselves in his legs. One shard burned its way into his throat. After the field surgeon in Pleiku extracted a chunk close to his jugular vein, an opening the size of a quarter remained in his neck. "I was fascinated by the hole," he says, rubbing the scar. "When I looked in the mirror, I could see my Adam's apple...
With defeat facing him, most analysts believe, Saddam will use every dirty trick at his disposal. He will load his guns and multiple-rocket launchers with chemical weapons and use those weapons in large numbers. They will not be a decisive weapon but may advance his plan to cause as many deaths as possible. He will also fire off his Scuds with chemical warheads, if he has them, at Israel in another attempt to widen the war and crack the coalition...