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13th Aug 2005, 06:45

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Pass-A-Frozo

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I heard of a USAF C-17 misidentifying a taxiway for the runway (at a middle east airfield) and landing on it. Albeit in low vis. Luckily no-one was taxiing! What's amusing is they've done it twice at the same airfield in 12 months.