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Old February 17th 08, 03:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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On Feb 16, 6:45*pm, christoph wrote:
In article ,
*"W. D. Allen" wrote:

In 1966 the North Vietnamese with their Russian instructors began shooting
down U.S. aircraft over NVN. Someone in the Navy had the wisdom and
foresight to have on hand 1,000 ALQ-51 deception repeaters originally
dedicated to aircraft protection during execution of the Navy portion of the
SIOP.


Those ALQ-51s were rounded up from all over the globe (some were found in
Antarctica)


I have to ask, is there a story behind the presence of ALQ-51s in
Antarctica?


Don't know for sure, but at teh time, the Navy was operating ski-
equipped P-2 Neptunes in Antartica. Seems a likely source.

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Pete Stickney