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Norman D. Dicks: “Reclaiming my time, Congress thought these planes had the equipment on them. We could not believe the Air Force had not…”

On the recordJune 13, 1996
Reclaiming my time, Congress thought these planes had the equipment on them. We could not believe the Air Force had not put the equipment on the planes. We gave them directives to do it. We told them to put this equipment on and they refused to do it.
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Norman D. Dicks

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Discussing issues related to military aircraft equipment during a congressional debate.

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