smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) (04/29/91)
From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) The AP has reported that U-2 and TR-1 reconnaissance planes were used -- and are still being used -- in the Persian Gulf area to keep tabs on Iraqi troops. They've very reluctant to say anything on the subject -- in fact, they're only reluctantly confirming anything now. But reporters saw the planes taking off from a Saudi airbase during the war; they were, however, barred from saying anything at all at the time.
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (04/30/91)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) >reporters saw [U-2s etc] taking off from a Saudi airbase during the >war; they were, however, barred from saying anything at all at the time. This is nothing new. I recall reading an account by Roy Braybrook, I think it was, in which he mentioned a visit to an unnamed country -- my guess would be Israel -- and a tour of a local airbase. In the course of said tour, he noticed an SR-71 sitting on a remote taxiway. He asked his guide "what's *that* doing here?". The response: "what's what doing here?". "That aircraft over there." "I don't see any aircraft over there... and I suggest that you don't, either." -- And the bean-counter replied, | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology "beans are more important". | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
mullermb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Muller) (05/02/91)
From: mullermb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Muller)
When my brother returned from Saudi (he is Air Force, and was based in
Jedda, working at a hospital there), I asked him what interesting
things he saw there. He replied that he saw a SR-71 fly over more than once.
Mark Muller Undergraduate at Purdue University
muller@gn.ecn.purdue.edu Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering
or mullermb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu