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27 years ago today, the Achille Lauro incident: when the U.S. Navy forced an Egyptair Boeing 737 off course

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In the night between Oct. 10 and 11, 1985 a scarcely known mission took place in the skies above the Mediterranean Sea. That night, several combat planes belonging to the Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) lauched from USS Saratoga (CV-60) to intercept the Egyptair Boeing 737 which was carrying the terrorists who had hijacked the Achille [...]

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