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Old December 8th 03, 02:41 AM
Juvat
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After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police "R Haskin"
blurted out:

Unsuitable is certainly not the word for it. The F-15E community has not
traditionally strafed on a regular basis because of the upcanted gun -- a
10-degree low angle strafe puts you pretty close to the dirt by the time you
cease fire.


Well what would I know? I was a Viper guy.

I talked with Albino guys from Kadena that were experimenting with
surface attack...no strafe. When asked they said something like, "Are
you ****ing kidding? The gun points up, we'd have to bury the nose to
strafe."

They indicated that it was NOT suitable.

Because of the "demand" for bullets in Allied Force, Enduring Freedom, and
Iraqi Freedom, strafe is back in the F-15E vernacular bigtime.


Cool...