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Originally Posted by Snoking
My parents we in Yuma during the build up to the rescue attempt. Everyone in town knew something was up, as the training flights had greatly increased. They should have taken the equipment they trained with and that was harden to desert environment.
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They had a clue but none paid much attention to it: The USS Nimitz, 100 miles off the coast of Oman, had to parodically wash-down the flight deck because of the sand. Good thing we were on the Nimitz, because it was a nuke and could make much more fresh water than conventional carriers.