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To: RocketMan who wrote (130435)10/20/2001 9:05:54 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (2) of 436258
 
RM, classic tactic .......... how about the training camps in the Beeka in Lebanon ??

on the good side

Five years on, Ashley stood last week on the deck of the
US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, laughing as she spoke to
The Telegraph about her typical British background.
Several thousand miles away in Surrey, her parents also
spoke of their pride in their daughter's extraordinary
exploits.

In her first interview with a British newspaper since the
conflict started, the 26-year-old spoke of the pressures of
her job. With her hair cut in a bob, her bright blue eyes
and diminutive frame, Ashley does not conform to the
stereotype of a fighter pilot.

Mumbles, as she is nicknamed by colleagues who have
difficulty with her mix of English and American accents, is
the only female pilot in the Black Lions squadron on board
the Carl Vinson. She flies F14 Tomcats - a two-man Navy
fighter jet, each worth £26 million and made famous in
Top Gun, the film starring Tom Cruise.

For the past two weeks Ashley has been dropping 500lb,
1,000lb and 2,000lb laser and satellite-guided bombs on
daily sorties over Afghanistan. She says: "We [female
pilots] are very few and far between but we just do our
job like everyone else. I really love it. I'll be here until
this squadron leaves."

Being shot at is frightening but it does not deter Ashley in
her determination to carry out her duty. Her most
dangerous mission was a recent daytime strike during
which Taliban fighters launched a barrage of missiles.

portal.telegraph.co.uk

Our fight is just, say Muslims aboard US aircraft carrier

portal.telegraph.co.uk
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