Word: spotter
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...participation in at least one of each of the 30 types of missions, from reconnaissance to rescue operations, that are flown over North Viet Nam. He has also made it a point to fly in every kind of U.S. aircraft in use in Asia, from little Cessna spotter planes to the fleet F-4 fighter-bomber. Only Momyer himself can call off a search-and-rescue effort for a downed U.S. pilot, and he refuses to leave his combat center until he has made that grim decision, even if it means pacing the floor through an entire night...
...what Latin Americans really need, as proved by the recent Communist guerrilla uprising in Bolivia and the death there of Guerrilla Tactician Che Guevara, are the basic bread-and-butter weapons of a fighting man: rifles, mortars, machine-guns, helicopters and spotter planes. Unfortunately, these are not the stuff that flashy parades are made...
...rifle's recoil, the Marine squinted once more through his sighting scope. Across the valley, he saw a black-uniformed Viet Cong crumple, as a bullet bludgeoned his chest. Just to make sure, the Marine pumped another round into the V.C. and watched the body twitch. The spotter put down his binoculars, took out a notebook, and recorded the details of the kill...
Holiday Ensign. Navy people had an unofficial explanation. The spotter planes in the morning correctly identified Liberty, they maintain, and Israeli intelligence in Tel Aviv even looked her up in Jane's Fighting Ships. But the word did not reach all patrolling jet pilots and PT commanders, who expected to find only Israeli or Egyptian ships in the area. Since Liberty bears a slight resemblance to the Egyptian supply ship El Quseir, the Israeli commanders attacked. Liberty's U.S. flag was shot away during the air attack and the "holiday ensign...
...catch of 2.3 billion lbs. to 1966's 1.3 billion. The worst hit area has been the mid-Atlantic, where poundage dived from 130.2 million in 1965 to 17.4 million in 1966 -and last month, as the fishing craft set out for another season, the outlook was dim. Spotter planes that precede the boats saw few menhaden schools...