The squadron was about a month into our deployment, and, we werc-scttling into our routine. We briefed for a 10-hour flight out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, that had us searching for a hrgh-value target.the weather brief showed a large cloud cover to the south of Okinawa, moving from northwescro southeast. The weather in Atsugi called for isolated thunderstorms. "No big deal," I thought, "we do this all the time The APS-137 radar in the P-3 allows us to pick our way through just about any type of weather.
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