Iraqi missile launch triggers F-117 deployment
The U.S. will deploy eight F-117A stealth aircraft to Kuwait, Pentagon officials said yesterday. The move follows the firing of an Iraqi SA-6 missile at two F-16s patrolling the northern no-fly zone. Defense Secretary William Perry told reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. asked a country in the...
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