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...that end, pilots are already in constant practice. Lt. Blaine Tompkins, a pilot on the U.S.S. Constellation, takes out an F-18 Hornet at least once every day, may be twice, kills his lights, rams on the night goggles and flies into the "Box" as pilots call Iraq. Pilots are being trained to be particularly careful to prevent loss of civilian lives or vital infrastructure. Last week, they used precision-guided weapons to target five underground military communication sites just 60 miles southeast of Baghdad, without taking any civilian lives - though forces were met with Iraqi ground fire. According...
...Planners are not, however, underestimating the opposition. "Some element of air defense has already been cut back in southern Iraq," says Admiral Costello. "But there will be significant air defense near Baghdad which will be a concern for any pilot that goes north." That will be an issue particularly if Turkey does not allow US troops to sandwich Saddam from the north. US planes will have to travel a long way. "It can be done," says Capt Fox. "It only depends on how much fuel we have in the air." The whole operation, agree experts, will be very quick...
Historically, Harvard has had a strife-filled relationship with the City of Cambridge. One major source of tension is Harvard’s payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT)—which currently amounts to about $1.5 million annually...
State representative and city councillor Timothy P. Toomey Jr. calls Harvard’s PILOT payments “woefully inadequate” and hopes that the recently-released report will provide some explanations...
Allied victory unleashed a surge of technological progress and prosperity at war's end. On Feb. 14, 1946, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania unveiled the first electronic, digital computer. A year later, on Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. There were cultural and social developments too. An exhibit of Jackson Pollock's first drip paintings opened on Jan. 5, 1948. Early signs of a civil rights awakening came as Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier on April...