Sorry to bomb the list but as there are many active and ex military
types, I thought it was worth aggrivating everyone else.
Subject: Taiwan Daily Gazette.
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> This is a verbatim translation of a recent article that appeared
in the
> Taiwan Daily Gazette.
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> In a heroic dogfight fought over international waters off the
mainland
> China coast, a 60s era American-built Lockheed Electra propeller
airliner
> with 24 US Navy passengers/observers aboard chewed up one of
China's best
> state-of-the-art supersonic fighter aircraft.
>
> The Americans, utilizing the infrequently seen combat tactic of
straight
> and level flight, often accomplished by relying solely on
autopilot,
> engaged the unfortunate single seat combat jet and knocked it out
of the
> air using only one of its four formidable rotating air mass
propellers.
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> After the action, the crew and passengers/observers dropped in on
China's
> Hainan Island Resort, for some much deserved R&R as guests of the
Chinese
> government.
>
> Reprinted from the Taiwan Daily Gazette by staff writer One
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