"Tom Cooper" wrote in message ...

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In combat, the AIM-120 was never used at low levels, so I must wonder a
little bit what makes you so sure about it being able to handle low-flying
threats?


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During the accidental Blackhawk shootdown in the northern Iraq no-fly
zone a few years back, weren't the UH-60's flying at low-level?



Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585