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Based in N. Viet NamNew MIGs WorryingAF, Paper ReportsOMAHA, Neb., April 11 (APJ-Tne Air Force Is deeply concerned over tie presence of M*bkperformance Mian fighter plane* In North Wet Nam, the Omaha World-Herald said Monday.The World-Herald'e military affairs writer, Howard Silber, said an Air Force general In Washington, who declined to be quoted by name, predicted theAF BombsStart NX.Forest FireSTUMPY POINT, N.C., April XI (UPI — PnieUci bombs dropped by Air Force jets sent i forest fire roaring out of con* tool oo the wind-swept Dare Cotmty bombing range Monday, injuring several persona*A spokesmanat Seymour Johnson Air Force Base at Goldsborosaid two North Carolina forestryshockmen suffered bums and ...__fighting the fire. They were admitted to a hospital In Elizabeth City*The si ______________dr on*. poke*man said FIOSThun-dcrchief fighter-bombersHanoi area will no longer be off limits to American bombers, If these up-to-date Russian-built fighters are committed ter combat by the Communists*About two dozen of the aircraft which can fly at twice Uw speed of sound are believed to be based at Fhuo Yen Airfield near the North Vietnamese capital, the World-Herald said*The Air Force general wasrted as saying Introduction of MIGSla “would change the whole picture- We’d be at a serious disadvantage* We would find ourselves In a tactically inferior situation.”No Mitch He explained that AmericanFMds carrying two-ton bomb toads;would be no match tor the MIGtl* The FI We are not so-Sersonlc with those bombs. And mt just can’t salvo thlt; and get Into a dogfight”la Washington, a Defense Department spokesman confirmed there are a dozen or so MIGfts In North Viet Nam.The spokesman, asked about the unidentified general’s remarks, said UA F4 Jets In VietNam would provide more than adequate response to any at*(•king htacking MIGZli,Tha F4, the Pentagon spokesman said, Is considered superior to the late-model MIGt.
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Darmstadt, Hesse, DE
Wed, Apr 13, 1966
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