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...French and Spanish refused to permit F-111s to fly over their territory. A mission by U.N. Ambassador Vernon Walters to line up support from the allies failed to change their minds. So instead of flying 1,600 nautical miles due southeast from Britain to their targets, the squadron would be forced to keep to international skies and detour 2,800 nautical miles around the Iberian peninsula...
...accused of trying to sell two documents, including one on tactics to be followed by crews of the SR-71 reconnaissance plane, dubbed the Blackbird, which Ott's squadron flies. The supersonic jet, routinely used for intelligence gathering, can reach altitudes of 80,000 ft. and is equipped to photograph up to 100,000 sq. mi. of territory in an hour. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the maximum penalty for two of the four counts against Ott is death...
With further research, Rosenberg hopes to find a way around these difficulties and to make the technique less complicated and less costly. At present, the treatment calls for four to five weeks of hospitalization, a squadron of technicians for each patient and specialized lab facilities, all of which add up to a cost of tens of thousands of dollars for a single treatment. "Most hospitals would find it impossible to perform this procedure," he said. "There are a lot of problems to be worked...
...would take classified material from my workplace and give it to him," Michael said. "I was shocked and afraid of what my dad was suggesting." Nonetheless, Michael did it. He first gave his father secret papers from a "burn bag" while he was assigned to a Navy fighter squadron in Virginia Beach, Va., in 1983. Aboard the carrier Nimitz, starting in 1984, Michael routed messages about U.S. tracking of Soviet submarines and filched copies for his dad. "My father was pleased and said it looked like we were on a roll," Michael said. While it is estimated that John Walker...
...feller?" asked the incredulous agent. "I said, no, I can't act." To which Willson replied: "Good. I think I can do something for you. Sit down." Willson transformed Roy Fitzgerald into Rock Hudson and secured him an apprenticeship in one of the biggest film factories, Universal Pictures. Fighter Squadron (1948) was his first film. During the next six years, 25 others followed, like The Iron Man and Air Cadet. The studio was his school. By the time his first big picture, The Magnificent Obsession, came along in 1954, he was able to establish his film personality: steady, likable...