Word: airfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people lived within 82-mm. mortar range of the Danang Airbase, and when we realized that there would be no way to police every house," said Walt, "we decided that the only way to solve it was to make sure that we had friendlies living around the airfield." The number of Vietnamese now living in secure areas has doubled, to 1,000,000, during Walt's tour...
...27th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport seemed to belong to the U.S. Not only was the U.S. exhibit the biggest around, but it had an extra impact: it was a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's historic transatlantic hop to that very same airfield...
...MIGs' home bases, 36 Thunderchiefs plastered the Hoa Lac MIG field with 750-lb. bombs for the fifth time, this time rendering its new, 7,000-ft. runway "unusable." Carrier-based Navy A-4 Skyhawks struck at Haiphong's two thermal power plants and nearby Kien An airfield, a MIG base that had been previously spared. That leaves only three of North Viet Nam's jet bases as yet unscathed. That is a distinction that is not likely to long endure...
...Peculiar Ideologies." Traveling aboard a Portuguese Airways Caravelle, the Pope landed at a military airfield near Monte Real, delivered a short speech on arrival, and rode in an open-topped black Rolls-Royce 25 miles to the Fátima shrine, where he celebrated Mass before a crowd estimated at 700,000. In an address, Paul called for a "united church." At the same time, he issued another warning against what he deems doctrinal excesses in church renewal. The Ecumenical Council, he said, "has opened up new vistas in the field of doctrine." And yet: "What terrible damage could...
...nearby Rover plant has started turning out Japanese Isuzu trucks to replace the British lorries it once assembled. Tobacco, once Rhodesia's principal source of foreign exchange, is now piling up in secret government warehouses-three of which are disguised as hangars on an unused Salisbury airfield. The government recently initiated a "Guard Against Gossip" campaign (nicknamed "GAG") warning Rhodesians not to discuss economic troubles with foreigners...