Midshipmen drop leaflets, Ping-Pong balls on cadets ahead of big game

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Midshipmen drop leaflets, Ping-Pong balls on cadets ahead of big game
By Todd South
 Dec 6, 09:58 AM
On December 5, U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen flew three crews on Piper PA-28 Cherokee Warrior airplanes to drop Beat Army, Fly Navy leaflets and colored Ping-Pong balls on the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (U.S. Naval Academy)

The U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen have taken to the skies in an early assault on their Army brethren dubbed “Operation Black Knight Falling,” with a kind of psychological operations mission that would make many an intelligence officer proud.

In an official statement released Tuesday, the Naval Academy confirmed that on Monday midshipmen took to the skies and bombarded their cadet rivals at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with “Beat Army” and “Fly Navy” leaflets…along with some ping pong balls.

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