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From polar bears to precision strikes: McMechan's 40-year score
December 01, 2025
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release:

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From polar bears to precision strikes: McMechan's 40-year score

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James McMechan counted polar bear points before he counted missile hits

Growing up in Ames, Iowa, the future electronics engineer camped with his father through brutal Midwestern winters. Tents pitched on frozen ground. Thermometers plunging below zer . . .

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