[R-390] Gulf War 390A's?

[Llgpt@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/30/02 10:47:38 AM, tbigelow@pop.state.vt.us writes:

<<  I don't doubt that the static is a big problem.  Heck it gets bad in the 
US
> with long ants.  I have a note from a chap with Harris who had a devil of a
> time keeping thier stuff running.  However I've never heard a first hand
> account of 390A's being used in the Gulf. >>

What probably started this was an article in ER that stated that McCllelan 
AFB had a "get ready order" for R-390A's during the gulf war. But, they never 
carried it out due to the sudden ending. It is a "fact" about the KWM2A's. 
Several pallets of them were flown from down here at Keesler AFB to the 
desert. Of course, several stories circulated, one saying they were 
"back-ups" because the RF Harris stuff didn't have any problems. I know that 
was BS, the front diodes were popping like popcorn in them. I love it, "Toobs 
to the rescue"!!!

Les