Stricken aircraft brings added stress to carrier operations

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: October 21, 2001| Author: STEVE VOGEL | Copyright information

AMERICA AT WAR

MANAGING THE AIR WAR

Stricken aircraft brings added stress to carrier operations

Having launched thousands of missions, boss hopes to keep perfect record intact

By STEVE VOGEL

Washington Post

Sunday, October 21, 2001

Aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the northern Arabian Sea -- The word spread quickly around this aircraft carrier: An F-14 Tomcat on a photographic reconnaissance mission over Afghanistan had suffered a hydraulic failure...

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