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:16House Armed Services Committee chairman L. Mendel
Rivers toured7eneral Dynamics plant in Fort Worth
this afternoon, and got a first-hand look at
extensive testing of the controversial F-111 fighter-
bomber, :livers described as the finest aircraft
we have.
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Rivers added, he believes the craft will meet all
the challenges of a rigorous testing program due
to begin Fray 1st, and when it does, the Congressman
said he'd like to see more than 300 of the planesin the air and operational.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Mendel Rivers], script, April 24, 1970, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1325776/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.