“How the hell can they land some big military plane on such a little field?” “Some of it I can tell you,” said Lucy, who was never at a loss for technical explanation. “Apparently, the C-17’s designed to land with cargo on unusually small, unapproved runways like this. Or a dry lake bed. In Korea, they’ve even used interstates.” “Here we go,” Marino said with his usual sarcasm. “Only other thing that could squeeze into a tight place like this is a C-130,” she went on. “The C-17 can back up, isn’t that cool?” “No way a cargo plane can do all that,” Marino said. “Well, this baby can,” she said
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