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I was able to identify most military vehicles for years thanks to the MicroProse copy protection, it used to spook my friends.

I'd also go to the local library and look up the latest Jane's publications.

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Back in the days I and others made an end of junior high school year project on military planes and we had a monitor playing clips of F-16 Falcon, F-29 Retaliator and Fighter Bomber. I did however use the F-19 Stealth Fighter game manual as an inspiration to write texts on the improvised stand we were using. We also had some model kits on display.

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