The dawn’s light is just beginning to angle through the mist to strike the cloud-colored F-14 fighter jet parked in a row in front of hangar three. The flight line at Miramar consists of 7 …
April 13, 1989
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They fix Miramar's Screaming Eagles
The F-14: a bad bird?
The F-14 Tomcat prototype crashed on its maiden flight December 21, 1970, and ever since then questions about safety have dogged the Navy’s frontline fighter/interceptor. Five F-14s, four of them based at Miramar, crashed in …
April 13, 1989
By day, the Tijuana stadium is a Mayan ziggurat placating the gods of the barren West
The trolley’s last stop nestles under the big gray armpit of the last wide freeway curve on the way to the drive through customs station. But the asphalt arm’s gone, amputated. No attempt has been …
April 13, 1989