1.-- The alert is called the evening before the mission. When the target comes in, the operations and intelligence officers get together with the lead pilot and begin working out details. |
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2.-- The Group CO, who often leads his unit or bigger forces, calls in the weather man for a conference on the all-important "met problems". |
3.-- Intelligence officers choose their maps and pictures hours before the briefing. The whole picture -- routes in and out of Germany, and the target itself -- must be clear in every airman's mind. |
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