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AIRPLANE NIGHTMARES: Man threatened to use infected needles on crew...

Feb. 3, 2009
AIRPLANE NIGHTMARES: Man threatened to use infected needles on crew...(First column, 8th story, link)Related stories:Passenger revolt after drunk pilot sparks panic...
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic