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From: Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: OP. DESERT SHIELD
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 02:08:53 GMT
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From: Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>
Somebody wrote:
   You don't need B-52's over there. There are FB-111's in Turkey,
   along with some B-2's. There's no real need for the real big boys.

Both of the B-2s are here at Edwards AFB.  They are _not_ operational
and will not be deployed.  

Perhaps you meant the F-117A, which is indeed in the area.  I think they
might be in Turkey, but am not certain.

--
Mary Shafer  shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov  ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
           NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
                     Of course I don't speak for NASA
 "A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all"--Unknown US fighter pilot

