Word: surpluses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ideally situated in the warm, dry climate of Arizona, the base opened in 1946 as a storage place for battle-worn Air Force squadrons; since 1965 it has accommodated surplus Army and Navy aircraft as well. By now the inventory ranges from workhorse World War II C-47s to sleek F-111 fighters, from two-seater orange "bug smashers" on which the Army trained its chopper pilots for Viet Nam to dozens of "Super Jolly Green Giant" helicopters that flew Viet Nam troop-carrying and rescue missions. Some are there because they are not needed now, and others because they...
Cancellation Threat. Shipowners are nervously wondering what to do about the 373 uncompleted but already surplus supertankers they have on order at yards in Sweden, Japan, West Germany and Britain. Large-scale cancellations have been forestalled so far by stiff penalty clauses. But Shozo Doi, vice president of Japan's Sumitomo Shipbuilding Co., gloomily predicts that "about 50% of the tankers on order will become subject to cancellation talks or negotiations to convert to other types...
What's the big deal with the blackbirds? The surplus should be harvested, not controlled. We took a starling pie to Thanksgiving dinner, and it was the hit of the day. Starlings are a very tasty bird...
...armaments-manufacturing industries expands. The world's arms supply will swell even more, as thousands of tanks and aircraft become surplus when NATO and the Warsaw Pact introduce a new generation of weapons for their forces. Even South Viet Nam has reportedly begun to dispose of weapons that were left behind by the American troops...
...sale of arms has left little room for freelance private dealers. Their sales -mostly of spare parts and used arms-comprise less than 5% of the world weapons trade. The private dealers survive primarily because their unrivaled knowledge of specific markets enables them to find customers for surplus weapons. For example, Samuel Cummings, an American who now lives in Monaco, recalls that a few years ago he was able to supply Sudan's mounted cavalry with much needed lances, which he had picked up from Argentine arsenals. With ten weapons-filled warehouses in Alexandria, Va., Cummings today can supply...