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  • Pilots Describe Being Behind Enemy Lines

    04/02/2003 12:40:12 PM PST · by kattracks · 10 replies · 149+ views
    AP | 4/02/03 | ROHAN SULLIVAN
    Pilots Describe Being Behind Enemy Lines By ROHAN SULLIVAN .c The Associated Press ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK (AP) - The two Americans bailed out of a failing F-14 Tomcat fighter jet in the Iraqi desert, and when rescuers asked if they could walk, they didn't hesitate. ``I can run, just point me in the right direction,'' replied one crew member, a lieutenant commander nicknamed Gordo. Gordo, the plane's radar intercept operator, and its pilot, a lieutenant who goes by Vinny, returned to their base on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk on Wednesday after a frightening night behind enemy...