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My dad worked on a project for the Air Force when we lived in Hawaii in 1969. Some general wanted to know where every single aircraft in the USAF was at any point and it's status. He could not even talk about it back then because it was a beyond top secret project.
It started as a project just to keep track of every aircraft in PACAF the Pacific fleet. My dad said one day they noticed a large percentage of the forces moving toward North Vietnam. The 4 star general down the hall had said he wanted to know if any unusual movements showed up. Protocol is to go up the chain of command before talking to the general. Dad walked right past a lot of superior officers to show the general the report which were the general's orders.
It was the attempted rescue of the POWs in North Vietnam. The prisoners had been moved just hours before so we missed them.
No one except the President, and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon and that one General knew what was going on. Dad said that general aged several years in just a week from the stress.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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