Shuttle Defensive Forces Adjusted
The air defense array around the pending shuttle Discovery launch at the Kennedy Space Center will be led, as in the past, by six Florida Air National Guard F-15s, instead of F-16s as earlier envisioned by U.S. Northern Command (AW&ST July 11, p. 26). Although exact basing remains classified, the...
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