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Bombers WillFly Low OverEastern MainefI DEBLOIS ,^-B52 and R47 !bombers will lie flying low ovei !Eastern Maine for an indefinite (| period. {I But there's nothin; to he alarm-led about, the Air Force says ]!The l)omtiers wu» Ix* making prac-JI It ice runs on the Deblois bombing .1 range between Cherryfield and ' Beddington. :i Col John Pennington, informa- h tion services officer at Dow Airj Force .Bangor, said last night the' SAC bombers from various bases: will approach at 500 feet—below! radar range. When tivr miles! from target, they'll start climb-j mg to the 5,000-foot level from which dummy bombs will be (dropped.It’s all part of trainiog bomb ing crews in low-level flying and is designed to increase the deter-rant capacity of SAC. the colonel said.
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Biddeford Saco Journal

Biddeford, Maine, US

Fri, Jul 08, 1960

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