"Maple1" wrote in message
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Alan Erskine wrote:

"SKUNK WORKS" wrote in message
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military says that a U.S. Navy patrol plane
overshot the runway at an airfield in Afghanistan and was destroyed.


Why was a P-3 in a land-locked country?
Best Aircraft for the job.

The press is known for misidentifying aircraft types. The P-3 many have
been an EP-3.
http://vq-1.ahf.nmci.navy.mil/history.htm
http://rota.navy.mil/vq2/History.htm

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/