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...friends died in a rocket attack. They were on the ground just next to me at the time," one paratrooper said, his head wrapped in white bandages, his eyes peering through, as he waited to be treated in a hot tent serving as an emergency hospital...
...such kinks, U.S. commanders are convinced that their new brand of airmobile warfare is a success. In fact, there is some concern among the brass that "the other side" is all too appreciative of the chopper's virtues. Soviet pilots, they note, have been flying Russian helicopters, including rocket-firing gunships, in support of the little-noticed guerrilla struggle in the Sudan (TIME, March 1). When the allies went into Cambodia last spring, Hanoi's General Vo Nguyen Giap himself hastened to one of Cambodia's eastern provinces for a look-see. His means of transportation...
...pilots have reported heavy North Vietnamese mortar and rocket fire at the base, which they claim is "doomed." Because of the heavy fire pilots are having difficulty flying in supplies, and some South Vietnamese forces were reported running low on artillery ammunition...
...Military sources reported yesterday that rocket and mortar shelling of Khe Sanh, a South Vietnamese supply point and flight center for operations into Laos, has been the heaviest since...
Experienced pilots are only too aware of the many hazards that can be encountered in the sky. The catalogue of dangers includes flocks of migratory birds, sudden storms, atmospheric turbulence from jets, new high-rise buildings and towers along landing glide paths, instrument-confusing microwave emissions, occasional rocket launches, and the threat of collision with other planes. Now pilots have something utterly unexpected to contend with. In its latest "Notams" (Notices to Airmen), the Federal Aviation Administration has warned aircraft to keep clear of four laser experiment sites: McDonald Observatory, near Fort Davis, Texas: a Harvard observatory northwest of Boston...