Canberra drivers were confident in being able to drop as close as 50 Metres
to friendlies if really needed.
B-52 on the other hand required a pull back to/safety distance of 1000
Metres (yep, 1 Km).
in SVN.

"Peter" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
The F-111 has a strategic role, not a CAS role.


I never said it did. Although even the B-52 has been used to drop
bombs on enemy targets close to friendly forces.

Khe Sanh springs to mind. Our Canberras were also used for CAS in SVN. I
think David Hackworth describes using them like artillery in his book
About
Face.