Thread: Bali 9
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Old 02-05-2015, 05:13 PM   #171
deanp100
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Default Re: Bali 9

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Originally Posted by lilmattie View Post
I remember our F111's heading north west at the time and doing a below radar run over to Indonesia. They didn't appear on the radar until the last second by which time the damage would have been done. That gave the Indonesian's an idea of our own capabilities at the time. Can't do that any more.
I was in Okinawa working with the Marines(as a contractor) when Timor hostilities started and they were frothing at the mouth to go over and help. They didn't know who they were going to fight, they just wanted to fight someone
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