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Chargers target killer tomatoes. (Airscoop).


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Caption: Left, before the Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron A squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or warships. Army and Marines
A cavalry squadron (horse or armoured) typically consists of three to five troops.
 14 Chargers launch from Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk, part of an offshore sandbar on Cape Hatteras, NE N.C., E of Albemarle Sound. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers experimented successfully (1900–1903) with gliders and airplanes.  (CV 63) on a 7 May gunnery training exercise, AW1 Lance A. Easterling inspects a .50 caliber machine gun aboard one of the squadron's H-60 Seahawks. Above, the object of the gunners' scrutiny during the live-fire exercise is the inflatable in·flat·a·ble  
adj.
Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress.

n.
An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially:
a.
 red "killer tomato" target.
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Author:Leland, Wendy
Publication:Naval Aviation News
Date:Jul 1, 2002
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