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Joe D.""The lack of a North Vietnamese air threat prompted the Air Force to gradually withdraw the F-102 from southeast Asia beginning in December 1969 and concluding in May 1971."
That new snipped originally left out seems to be very much in line with Ted's post.
The power of editing!
Without that sentence, it is easier to feel that the article is conflicting with Ted's post.
Yet with the sentence -- it sure is a lot more difficult to feel that way.
'Editing'. Yet another reason I go with actual experience over academic research.