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...arrange interviews with the commanding officer of the 224th or with any of his men were greeted with consternation. So were efforts to inspect the unit's twin-engine OV-1B and RU-21J aircraft. Nonetheless, five planes of each type could be seen parked on the tarmac of the 10,000-foot concrete airstrip. Painted dull gray, with small black letters identifying them as U.S. Army property, the aircraft bristled with electronic equipment. Despite the official wall of secrecy, off-duty members of the 224th, drinking beer in a bar at the nearby city of Comayagua, confirmed their...
...carpets were rolled out lavishly in Damascus last week in a ceremony that marked both a welcome for the guest and a triumph for the host. On the tarmac of the city's international airport, Syrian President Hafez Assad waited patiently as a chartered executive jet glided to a halt and delivered his reluctant visitor, Lebanese President Amin Gemayel. The two men embraced, then repaired to a dais while ranks of Syrian troops passed in review and field guns barked out a 21-gun salute. The solicitous display spoke volumes about the intricacies of politics in the Middle East...
...they arrived in Manila last week. The joggers, led by Agapito Aquino, 45, younger brother of murdered Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino Jr., had set out five days earlier on a 90-mile protest run from Aquino's birthplace in the town of Concepcion in Tarlac province to the tarmac at Manila International Airport, where Aquino was assassinated last August. They were protesting a referendum called by President Ferdinand Marcos for Jan. 27 to ratify a constitutional amendment on the presidential succession. Along the way, military police intercepted and harassed the joggers, drawing wide attention to the marathon. The protesters...
...four hours later, the returning troops were met by a banner-waving crowd. "Let no one tell you you're not in an Army of excellence, because you are excellent," shouted Deputy Under Secretary of the Army John W. Shannon over the din on the rain-drenched tarmac. President Reagan echoed the sentiment in a speech before the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in New York City: "Our days of weakness are over. Our military forces are back on their feet and standing tall...
...called attention to what many airline pilots regard as a critical safety deficiency at the airport. Although Madrid handles some 11 million passengers annually, it lacks the ground control radar system common at other major airports. The radar, which allows controllers to keep track of plane movements on the Tarmac even in zero visibility, might have averted last week's tragedy...