on their way to kuwait. the becktal group, a san francisco based company took on the job of putting out the fire. 10,000 people from 43 countries would join this firefighting army. the commanding general, you might say, was terrance farly, the president of becktal construction at that time. he had built big projects all over the world but he wasn't prepared for what he found in kuwait. >> the magnitude of the damage in the oil field was much greater than anybody ever envisioned. you knew it, but you couldn't begin to envision the degree. >> reporter: the firefighters had fought big fires before but no one had ever confronted so many a place so hot, so choked with smoke and gases, the treacherous desert winds. >> you couldn't get near the fire because as you would approach it, the wind would shift and blow the flames right at you. >> reporter: all to petroleum fires are ferocious but each is ferocious in its own way. the high sleeking plumes shoot straight to the sky burning at temperatures near 2,000- degree

and i say because -- >> charlie: if kuwait, it might have been saudi arabia next. >> at least kuwait,nd i say, because sometimes people ask, will iran drop a bomb? and i say i don't believe so. they're intelligent enough to understand what will follow. too many neighbors are nuclear. but it will start the countdown toward having a nuclear device in the hands of terrorists. it will end any possibility of a stable or controlled effort against proliferation, and it clearly will end up with certain crude device in their hands, and with the first half dozen of crude devices this will be a different iran -- you won't be able to act against them, and the very fact that they had it would make them much more effective, coercive power all around the region. >> charlie: can they be stopped militarily? >> i don't think that that's the time to talk about it, but we recommended loud and clear to all our friends not to remove any option from the table, and we mean it for ourselves as well. >> charlie: for yourself as well. >> yeah. >> charlie: you have to prepare for that possibility. >> yeah, i thi

the case it's just not and right there's three super fields a few of those cats around bergen and kuwait and dow are in saudi arabia and they have got can around mexico like falling off a cliff in terms of what they're being able to pull out from their burg and i understand in kuwait is also similarly a fact that now dour and saudi arabia they've been on of the thing for ten years but magically they don't seem to ever run out of production and the feeling is around the world that the saudis are i guess to put it kindly are lying it seems impossible that they could possibly not be experiencing the kind of declines that we're seeing in these other major fields or in fields around the world would you agree with that here's how i come to that question why did the saudi arabians develop a new field poll correctly at enormous expense multibillion dollar newfield then that has to have its oil pumped out with seawater that comes from fifteen. miles away and you look at pictures of this new field that saudi arabia is to correct it looks like an oil sands project like you have an alberta with you

. >> they believe they got it from this man, had he is now in jail in kuwait. a computer hacker in northern california admits he turned manning in out of fear that the reports could lead to american deaths. >> this could not result to both security and actual real life people. >> wiki leaks is the website we're talkin about. pakistani diplomats say they are outdated and don't reflect reality on the ground. >> afghanistan's president is condemning a rocket attack that killed 52 civilians. it happened last friday. hamid karzai says they determined the dead included women and children. nato spokesman says initial reports didn't coirm any civilian casualties. >> concord police are stepping up patrols around the park where three pipe bombs were found. most recent was found friday and detonated by a bomb squad at new hall community park. it was found by a jogger along a trail on turtle creek road. 25 police officers spent the weekend arching for more explosives using specia trained dogs. people are being warned not to pick up objects that don't belong to them. >>> ea

two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait and watching it on the television seeing how quick that win and the hoopla afterward and from the liberated be too. awful great to be an american i had felt the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam. i remember sitting there on the cal said night and thinking most of you know you want to go into you know to go into the military. we got married on the thirtieth of december of ninety six the fire. show and i left on january third of nineteen six to six go on a vietnam so i got spent more on a moment in vietnam all. we wanted from bonked out to bin was where i dare for what they call red tape. you know to get used to the climate and to actually get used to the sounds of war. the first couple of weeks i was terrified every not. and after my first briefing i went back to my bed and i just couldn't sleep i. think i was going to be going to. the course and next day happened. somewhere at about three or four weeks we had an operation where they had helicopters i was circling waiting to go in this l.z. or landing

. >> they believe they got it from this man, had he is now in jail in kuwait. a computer hacker in northern california admits he turned manning in out of fear that the reports could lead to american deaths. >> this could not result to both security and actual real life people. >> wiki leaks is the website we're talking about. pakistani diplomats say they are outdated and don't reflect reality on the ground. >> afghanistan's president is condemning a rocket attack that killed 52 civilians. it happened last friday. hamid karzai says they determined the dead included women and children. nato spokesman says initial reports didn't confirm any civilian casualties. >> concord police are stepping up patrols around the park where three pipe bombs were found. most recent was found friday and detonated by a bomb squad at new hall community park. it was found by a jogger along a trail on turtle creek road. 25 police officers spent the weekend searching for more explosives using special trained dogs. people are being warned not to pick up objects that don't belong to them.

two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait and watching it on the television and seeing how quick that it went and the hoopla afterwards from liberated to be true to who we are so great to be an american i had felt the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam. i remember sitting there on the couch said knight and thinking to myself you know you want to go into you know you go into the military. and we got married on the thirtieth of december of ninety six if i. so and i laugh on january third of one thousand six to six going to vietnam so it was why a guy spent mana moment in vietnam of all. we want to try. to been walk where they are for what they call or in taishan period you know to get used to the climate and to actually get used to the sounds of war. the first couple of weeks i was terrified ever not. and after my first break and i want back to my bed not i just couldn't sleep. all i could think of going to be they're going to shoot me more because the next day nothing happened. and then somewhere after about three or four weeks we had an opera

the information believed to be army specialist brad manning a 35-year-old analyst now in jail in kuwaite founder of wiki links says there is no public evidence manning is the source. >> as far as we're able is that it's not that he is the source of the material. >> the computer hacker turning in manning does not think the army specialist could have act add lone. >> i do not believe that private manning had the technical expertise necessary to communicate this amount of information. to the outside world without being detected on his own. i don't believe that he operated without guidance. >> turning bradley manning into the pentagon and released e mail record of his chats with manning to wired magazine's san francisco based senior editor. >> was acting very paranoid and worried his phones mighting tapped and the government might be going into to hack his computers. >> and this strife how he got the information and why he leaked it makes a fascinating story. he'll tell it tonight at 6:00. >> thank you. mark. >> and sending a child home from school for having lice may not be the best thing

he's being held in kuwait on suspicion of a separate leak. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> senate republicans have blocked legislation requiring fuller disclosure of the money behind political campaigning. yesterday's vote, which fell three short of the 60 needed to advance the bill, helps pave the way for corporations to spend as much as they want on attack ads during this year's midterm elections. democrats said the bill was needed to force special interest groups to disclose their donors, but republicans maintained it would violate the right to free speech. >>> an audit of the defense department finds the pentagon can't account for nearly $9 billion belonging to the iraqi government. that fund, which was meant to go to iraqi reconstruction efforts, was set up in 2004 with oil and gas revenues seized from the ousted regime of saddam hussein. according to the audit, defense agencies that received the money, failed to properly track and manage the funds. although the report accused the defense department of lax oversight and weak contr

year-old private suspected of providing the documents to wikileaks is being moved from a prison in kuwait to the brig at quantico, virginia, while investigators ready more charges against him. assange has vowed to release 15,000 more documents, but investigators believe manning downloaded even more than that. katie? >> couric: and, david, i know in other news, the army released a report today cataloging the stress caused by nine years of war in iraq and afghanistan. what can you tell us about the findings? >> reporter: well, the army's been trying hard to bring down its suicide rate, but the opening paragraph of this report is just brutally honest. it says, "we are often more dangerous to ourselves than the enemy." suicide is now the third leading cause of death after combat and accidents. 160 suicide last year plus 1,700 attempted suicides. 146 other deaths were due to murder, drug overdoses and just plain risky behavior, and misdemeanors have been increasing at the rate of 5,000 per year. >> couric: all right, david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you for that as well. the death of

bradley manning within a 22-year-old intelligence officer a person of interest pl he's being held in kuwait on suspicion of a separate leak. >> and the cofounder of wikileaks said they have more documents that have not been published because of security concerns. >>> more fallout for the belle. the district attorney of los angeles county says it is investigating allegations that off-duty police officers went door-to-door to sway voters. the officers reportedly carried, seven tee ballots of -- absentee ballots. city manager earned more than $800,000 a year in a city where one in six people live below the poverty line. he and several other well-paid city officials have since resigned. >>> still ahead at 5:00, shoppers beware. the new research on sales receipts. details on the potential health what zards. >>> turning $45 into $200 million. the find at a garage sale that landed one man a fortune. >>> we know how important friends and family are, now we know how unhealthy isolation can be. >>> and trying to maintain your weight loss? why you might need to turn to the web. >>> and good an, i'm me

he's a senior research scientist at chico sent to put out the kuwait i oil fires nearly 20 years ago and told us what could go wrong if it blows another channel to erupt from that would be very hard to stop but feels pretty cold front department in bp solution. >> i'm hopeful and impressed they have done this building this to clampp on to that 5000 feet unthe water is not an easy chore. >>reporter: there are some politicians and gulf coast resident who are very excited about this. whether it holds or not it stopped for now and some say it's reason to celebrate. for this to be the gping of the enthe cap has to hold the sea floor has to stay strong and relief well have to be completed. still a ways to go. >> yes indeed. thanks amy. >> uc davis animal health food safety lab is one of only 8 lab in the nation that will be testing gulf fish and shellfish for oil contamination. shrimp oysters and crab these here were pulled from the gulf before oil reached the habitat. they will be quud to establish a base lichbility scientist will compare that to sea life that has been exposed to oil. she

the 2 2-year-old is being proved from a prison in kuwait to a brig at quantico. he says he didn't put anyone in danger by leaking the document. top military officials say that's not the case. >> they might already have on their hands the blood of a young soldier or that of an afghan family. >> reporter: along with exposing military tactics, they show the names of afghan informants. their lives are in danger. >> will people whose lives are on the line trust us to keep their identities secret? >> reporter: it may not be over yet. wikileaks has another 15,000 documents waiting to be released. gates said the pentagon is working right now on tightening rules on classified information that comes out of war zones as a result of this leak. betty? >> terrell brown in washington. thank you for that report. >>> it appears new york democrat charles rangel, once one of the most powerful men in congress, could be facing a ethics trial. he reportedly had a plea deal with lawyers for the house ethics committee but members of the committee has not agreed to the settlement. rangel

bradley manning, suspected of leaking a classified video to wikileaks, is on his way tonight from kuwait to washington, d.c. where he's expected to face court martial for mishandling of classified material. manning is also considered a person of interest in this latest wikileaks story. pentagon officials say that essentially manning has been placed under suicide watch out of fear that he may harm himself. brian? >> jim miklaszewski on duty for us at the pentagon to start things off for us tonight. jim, thanks. >>> there is sad news to report about the second u.s. sailor missing in afghanistan since last friday. today the pentagon confirmed the body of 25-year-old petty officer third class jarod newlove from washington state has been recovered. this incident took the sailors lives still under investigation. >>> we turn now to the oil disaster in the gulf and with the cap still holding and the relief wells on track, concern has now moved 100% to the cleanup and many are worried bp will bail out of the cleanup effort once the well is permanently plugged. remember one thing, there is still 9

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a former computer hacker by this man, army intelligence analyst, brad manning, now behind bars in kuwait and accused of document theft. >> he thought there was a lot that needed to come out. >> reporter: the hacker thought the soldier was endangering u.s. lives, alerted the fbi. >> had i not acted, i would have wondered for the rest of my life, did i get somebody killed? >> reporter: the documents detail a 2007 commando raid gone wrong. after five rockets struck an alleged al qaeda compound members of the delta force arrived to find seven dead children and no al qaeda leader. vinita and rob? >> you said there are 92,000 documents. how would he manage to copy all of that data without ever being detected? >> reporter: it's kind of a funny story, vinita. actually, what he did was brought in cds, with labels like lady gaga. he would pop them in. erase the music on the cds. and copy the information. all the while, lip-syncing to lady gaga or whatever it was he had in there. it was a simple ruse. and it seemed to have worked. >> well, all right, john. thank you very much. >>> the u.s. navy man

uranium which has been recorded from one thousand nine hundred ninety one war after the invasion of kuwait so it's not necessarily new now how he has always been tried to be denied so yeah there are some things that i rather like agree with you but the thing is i mean different records will see in different ways so it depends on who you speak with but a lot of ordinary citizens will say to you that excessive use was for excessive force was used and they're aware of this moreover there's an anger that nothing has been done to actually investigate it you know accountability is one of the main issues so why it was used at the time or what were the purposes with americans need to what extent the the actual pain and suffering that would be inflicted on people for that is question but much more what this question is accountability is anybody investing with these weapons are being used now continued to be used to a lesser extent in iraq but also in afghanistan so there is a sense of we're going headstrong regardless that's right i'm happy you mentioned that because in afghanistan currently there

he is being held in kuwait on suspicion in a separate leak. >>> back here at home, course confusion at last week's marathon caused several elite runners to be disqualify. they accidentally cut about a mile off the course. they're actually two san francisco half marathons happening at the same time. they followed them down the wrong course. they climbed over some barriers, inadvertently shortening the race. they said they'll get some better signs the next year. >> that would help. >> yeah, i guess so. not for this year. >> a non-profit organization is taking an usual approach. young people learning skills. >> as nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. shows us, the building is just the beginning of the journey. >> reporter: there must be a met for some where on how a boat is like a person, how a strong rutter and sturdy bones can ride out any wave. >> when you're doing it, go all the way to the end. >> reporter: they're the kind of characteristics amber rich hopes to instill in both boats and people at ripley's waterside workshop. >> there's a lot of teamwork and patience, ton of patience, being

the 22-year-old soldier suspected of being involved is in custody, and he was just moved from kuwait to the military base here at quantico, virginia. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> this weekend there will be rallies and marchs in san francisco and other cities around the world to mark that anniversary. three uc berkeley graduates have spent a year, locked up in a prison in teheran and their mothers are now making a new plea for their release. it was july 31st, 2009, when iranian police arrested them near the iraq border. iran accused them of spying and charged the u.s -- a charge the u.s. state department strongly denies. we will talk to a friend of sara coming up. >>> governor schwarzenegger is now challenging cities all over the state to publish and post the salaries of their local officials on websites if they have nothing to hide. if that kind of information is already public record in california, but a lot of cities and counties don't display the information for the public to easily see it. that, however, may change i

but there was expressionism occurring in europe, german artists, a young man like pwas kuwait here innew york. not too dissimilar from the late expressionist style that picasso achieved in his life. for picasso it was complete liberty. it was more about story telling but i think that liberty he gave himself was something that was very inspiring to painters young and old and today now 40 years later we still see the impact of that kind of painting on our artistic production in europe and america. >> rose: was this painting a rage against death and a sense of depression about things? >> i think he thought to stop working was to die and he hoped if he could continue working he would continue to live. so he thought the work was a manifestation of the fact he was still alive and he desperately wanted to live and he didn't want to die. >> rose: jack lean was with him at that time. where do you putter? >> she ran this circus and she made sure everything happened smoothly. so she was there to provide everything he wanted. she would clean his brushes, she would post for him when he asked for i

the 22-year-old is being moved from a prison in kuwait to the brig at quantico, virginia while the investigation continues. assange and his source say they doesn't put anyone in danger. top military officials say that's not the case. >> the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or of that an afghan family. >> reporter: along exposing military tactics, the documents reveal the names of afghan informants. officials worry that will prevent others from helping the u.s. >> will people whose lives are on the line trust us to keep their identities secret? >> reporter: and it may not be over yet. wikileaks still has another 15,000 documents waiting to be released. in washington, i'm terrell brown, cbs 5. >>> veteran new york congressman charles rangel is expecting a september trial now to face allegations of ethics violations. the house ethics committee accusing him of 13 violations including failure to report rental income from vacation properties. if the house panel finds rangel guilty, he faces punishment ranging from a report criticizing his conduct to a vot

after iraq's successful invasion of kuwait we reacted with gusto and have been militarily involved in the entire region 6,000 miles from our shore ever since. this has included iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, yemen and somalia. after 20 years of killing and a couple of trillion dollars wasted, not only does the fighting continue with no end in sight but the leaders threat ton spread our balms of benevolence on iran. for most americans, we are at war. at war against a tactic called % terrorism. not a country. this allows our military to go any place in the world with without limits as to time or place. but how can we be at war? congress has not declared war as required by the constitution. that is true. but our presidents have and congress and the people have not objected. congress obediently provides all the money requested for the war. people are dying. bombs are dropped. our soldiers are shot at and killed. our soldiers wear uniform, our enemies do not. they are not part of any government. they have no planes, no tanks, no ships, no missiles, and no modern technology. what kind of war

information from a source believed to be this man, army specialist brad manning, now behind bars in kuwaitdship with a sacramento, california, computer hacker. he told the hacker he discovered incredible, awful things that belonged in the public domain and not on some server stored in a dark room in washington, d.c. realizing the magnitude of the situation, the hacker then decided to turn manning in to authorities. >> had i not acted i would have wondered for the rest of my life, did i get somebody killed? >> reporter: manning told the hacker he downloaded the classified information onto cds which previously had music by artists such as lady gaga burned onto them. rob and vinita? >> thanks, t.j. and our coverage of the leaked war documents will continue later this morning. we'll take you live to washington on "america this morning." we'll look at the backlash on "good morning america" and get insight on the website that posted the secrets later during this half hour. >>> bp is confirming this morning tony hayward will step down as bp's chief executive in october. >> and robert dudley, who

i was there in august of 1990 in the days before iraq invaded kuwait. i remember he predicted iraq would take aggressive action against kuwait. that experience working for him taught me about washington policy-making and the importance of well-written analysis. martin has brought those same qualities to the brookings institution. i am pleased to be here to address the obama administration's commitment to israeli security. i am proud to say that our security relationship is broader and more intense than ever before. last week president obama met with prime minister netanyahu and said israel has unique security requirements. president obama in short they recognize those requirements. nsured they recognize those requirements. i would like to tell you how we are preserving this through an unprecedented increase in u.s. security systems. support for the defensive system and other initiatives. we recognize israel is facing some of the toughest challenges. this administration is focused on the security because of the increasingly complex threats it faces. isra

i was there in august of 1990, in the days right before iraq invaded kuwait, when there were some rumblings. i remember being at a barbecue at martin's house and he predicted that iraq would take some kind of aggressive action against kuwait. in the spirit that i had working for him in the first gulf war, it taught me a lot about washington policy-making and the importance of clear headed, well written, well thought out analysis. martin has brought those same qualities to the brookings institution and it is a pleasure to be here. i am part really pleased to be here at the center to address the obama administration's enduring commitment to israeli security. as a result of this commitment, our security relationship with israel is deeper than ever before. last week president obama met with prime minister netanyahu, stating israel has unique security requirements. president obama had been sure that the administration fully recognize those requirements and we have doubled our commitment to meeting them. as the assistant secretary for military affairs, one of our primary responsibilities is to pr

i was there in august of 1990 in the days before iraq invaded kuwait. i remembered being at his house i and he house iraq would take some action against kuwait. i learned about the importance of well thought out analysis. martin brought to those same qualities to the brookings institution. i am pleased to be at the saban center to address the obama administration's in during -- enduring commitment to israel. just last week, the president met with the israeli prime minister. he stated israel has unique security requirements. president obama has insured that is administration recognizes those requirements. he doubled our efforts to meet that. one of my primary responsibilities is to preserve israel's qualitative military edge. i would like to talk about how we are preserving israel's qme. there is support for israel's new iron domed system and other new initiatives. israel is facing some of the toughest challenges in its history. this administration is focused on israel's purity because of the severe threat it faces in the reason. -- in the region. when t

i was there in august of 1990 in the days before iraq invaded kuwait. remember he predicted iraq would take aggressive action against kuwait. that experience working for him taught me about washington policy-making and the importance of well-written analysis. martin has brought those same qualities to the brookings institution. i am pleased to be here to address the obama administration's commitment to israeli security. i am proud to say that our security relationship is broader and more intense than ever before. last week president obama met with prime minister netanyahu and said israel has unique security requirements. president obama in short they recognize those requirements. nsured they recognize those requirements. i would like to tell you how we are preserving this through an unprecedented increase in u.s. security systems. support for the defensive system and other initiatives. we recognize israel is facing some of the toughest challenges. this administration is focused on the security because of the increasingly complex threats it faces. israel

bradley manning remains held in a military prison in kuwait.taliban has denied working with pakistan's spy agency. the scandal is not expected to affect congressional funding for the war. >>> under pressure from outraged residents, the city council of bell, california, has vowed to cut salaries by 90%. four council members representing the small, blue collar town, had been making $90,000 each for their part-time service. now, they'll make $8,000. four officials resigned, including the city manager. >>> finally, call it the diva and the diplomat. the queen of soul, aretha franklin, and condoleezza rice, are set to stage the stage tonight. i sat down with both women for a lovely interview we'll feature tomorrow on "gma." >>> and new, a preview of what "world news" is tracking for tonight. here's diane sawyer. hey, diane. >> good morning, juju. good morning to everyone at "good morning america." coming up tonight, talk about a story of american heart. you're going to meet a young woman who put her entire life on hold. and ended up leading a lot of

police now invest kuwaiting a investigating a string of shooting over the last three weeks.have the details. good morning, craig. >>> good morning. as we mentioned, police say the past 2 # days in a row they have had a shooting victim or evidence, the latest happened here on main street in the city. 15-year-old girl and 21-year- old man from richmond both went to the hospital yesterday around 5:30. sean young was actually pishinged up by a good samaritan, he is the man from richmond and taken to the medical center: thehe unidentified 15-year-old girl went in walnut creek. the two were hanging out when two men heading east on main opened fire from a moving silver sedan. the very latest here at the e marina apartment just as a reminder, one down is sill member says the landlord here is not doing enough. >> we really have to rely on property owners to monitor their properties. we have request withed this property owner step up security. they have been relying on the public to provide security for their complex. >> the police are here twice a day at least. back on july 5, this i

information from a source believed to be this man, army specialist brad manning, now behind bars in kuwaited by the leak, condemn the leak, and i believe that there is potential there to put american lives at risk. >> reporter: it was with these new revelations that the house passed a $33 billion bill to pay for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and debated a measure to remove u.s. troops from pakistan. >> we have to take a different approach here. >> we cannot see these other entities within the isi empowered without having civilian oversight. >> reporter: an organization that represents conscientious objectors and military deserters has set up a legal defense fund to assist private manning. rob and vinita? >>> a suspected serial killer was indicted for the murders of a mother and daughter last year. police say former u.p.s. worker jason thomas scott is linked to at least one other mother-daughter killing. the killings took place in the washington, d.c. area. now investigators suspect scott is responsible for other unsolved crimes elsewhere. >>> investigators have doubled the reward in the

currently, they're dealing with representing kuwait to get their money back during the original first gulf war, desert storm, from the iraqis. and they're i think set to make about $1 billion in commission if they retrieve a lot of the money the kuwaities are looking for. and i look at one of the staffers that madeline albright has, wendy sherman, and she was a social worker, trained social workers, became a campaign person for someone on capitol hill, next thing you know she is c.e.o. of fannie mae in i think it was 97, and she also negotiated with the koreans on nuclear weapons and, i mean, it just goes on and on. are these people part of the shadow elite in the sense? maybe you didn't investigate, but is that kind of the general, where you're? guest: first of all, shadow elite is about the new system of power and influence, and the new model of the power broker that's developed in the past several decades. it's not just about the military sphere, it's equally about the medical arena or the economic arena. what i'm charting is the mode yuss op randi for the new power broker. and thi

more recently, the 111th fighter wing has participated in operations southern watch in kuwait, supporting joint combat flight operations. during enduring freedom, -- operation enduring freedom in afghanistan and operation enduring freedom in iraq, the 111th fighter wing has supported coalition and ground troops despite extreme conditions. madam speaker, i'd also like to read into the record today the aircraft flown and operated, maintained, armed and fought with during the history of this group. just the names of these -- the 111th fighter wing has flown the jn-4 jenny, the pt-1 trusty, the bt-1, o-1 bird dog, the curtis 0-11 curtiss falcon, the 0-47-a and b. the vigilant. the curtiss 0-52 owl, the grasshopper, the piper 04 grasshopper, the lockheed p-38 lightning, the douglas a-26 invader, the boeing b--- excuse me -- rb-29 superfortress, the northern american f-51 standing, the lockheed t-33 shooting star, the lockheed f-94 starfire, the f-89 scorpion, the boeing c-97 stratofreighter, the blue canoe, the cessna skymaster, the cessna o-5-37 dragonfly, and the a-10 thundererbolt. thank yo

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