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'During the first Gulf War, the USAF and the RAF had the same maps and |
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communication was very informal. On a training mission a Tornado was |
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asked whether it had reached a certain point, when the British pilot |
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replied that he was still over MMFD. As time went by many American |
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pilots heard the location repeated and looked desperately on their maps |
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but couldn't find the area designated MMFD. They thought it could be the |
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KKMC for King Khaled Military City or the KFC for Kentucky Fried Chicken |
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but all was permanently discounted. Eventually through a Brit pilot they |
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came to know that MMFD stood for "miles and miles of fucking desert'. |
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(Adapted from Frederick Forsyth's The Fist of God) |
