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AFR 110-14 USAF AIRCRAFT :I :,,I ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD .I
14 OCTOBER 1987 TONOPAH TEST RANGE
F-117 A 83-0815
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LT COL JOHN T. MANCLARK T'~ Jf" 7 f::i~t:: r ¥,:VII! 1 fJEtLJS AflJ, !\f¥ , l'
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.JLui\L.I SPECIAl AGCtSS REQUIA'~ MEMO f'OR RECORD
8 December 1907
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STATEMEN'l' OF AUTIIOR!TY AND PUHPOSE ,\U,IIfllilTY An tr•vestt~alton of Lhe F-117A acctdcnt (SN UJ-0815) "':"'''' "''""d on tl11; TFWC n.wee. 53 IJM East o! Alamo, Nuvada on 14 toiH·r· t'r87, was condu•·tcd from 17 November 1987 through U il•'•'•·mt,,r 19117 .!
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