Word: interceptions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pursuers suddenly turned back, probably recalled to their base by radio command. Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces, spotting the intruder on radar, warned him (in Russian) by radio that he would soon violate Japanese airspace. When Belenko neither responded nor changed course, the Japanese scrambled two Phantoms to intercept the plane. But find him they could not. Belenko managed for 24 minutes to elude the Phantoms, probably by the simple expedient of flying again at low altitudes, below the sweep of the Air Self-Defense Forces' radar...
...that by the beginning of March, Congress found itself behind the people. It hurried to catch up. On March 3, it sent Connecticut Delegate Silas Deane to France to negotiate for military aid; on the 14th, it voted to disarm all Loyalists; on the 19th, it authorized privateers to intercept British merchantmen; on the 26th, it placed an embargo on exports to Britain and the British West Indies. On April 6, it opened ports of trade to all nations except Britain. By May 10, John Adams was writing to James Warren, president of Massachusetts' Provincial Congress, "Every post and every...
...reconnaissance sweep of the Middle East by a spy plane. Some high officials in Washington insist that the U.S. had no knowledge of the bombs and deny that they were a factor in the alert. The plane was spotted by Israeli air defenses and two Phantom jets scrambled to intercept it. "I have it on my radar," the Israeli pilot radioed. "It is an [SR-71] American Blackbird." Back to him came a direct order from a high-ranking Israeli Air Force commander: "Down at." The SR-71, flying effortlessly at 85,000 ft., easily outclimbed and outdistanced the Israelis...
Watching my first Harvard football game, I couldn't believe my eyes. After years of watching Bill Emper intercept passes, swish the corner shot and turn over the double play as No. 22, the new number just didn't fit. To forget the number that had broken so many of my tackles in high school practice was impossible...
...season saw Bill intercept four passes, tying Jon Judge for the team lead. He shut off Brown's Bob Farnham and Yale's Gary Fencik, both nationally ranked receivers, in crucial Ivy League contests. But he was still surprised when he was elected captain of the 1976 Harvard football team...