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Word: swindall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1964-1964
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Johnson's regular pilot, Colonel James Swindal, flew the President's plane. Next to him in the copilot's seat was General Walter C. Sweeney Jr., commander of the U.S. Tactical Air Command-aboard to direct the massive protective operation. In the air, each of the three 707s was picked up by a swarm of highflying jet F-105s armed with "Catling" guns able to fire 6,000 shots a minute, F-100s with rockets and cannons, F-4Cs with the deadly Sidewinder missile, F-104s and Navy F-4Bs with Sidewinders and cannon, and F-101s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Aerial Assassination? | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

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