(Kirk Stant) wrote:

What was the last piston-engined airplane (not aircraft - lets keep
the helo's out of this one) to employ weapons in A/A or A/G combat
(guns, bombs, rockets, nukes, whatever). Where and when?

Just being there doesn't count.

Oh, and it does have to have a pilot on board - so Predators don't
count either!

I'll open with T-28D's in the Phillippines - late 80's.

2 Killed in Va. Ultralight Crash After Fall Color Outing


By Jay Mathews
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 20, 2003; Page B04


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Ultralights have been adapted to several uses, including aiding the
relocation of endangered birds and for warfare. During the Iraq war
in March, at least two Iraqi ultralights were spotted over U.S. Army
positions, the Army Times has reported.