In article , Paul J. Adam
wrote:

Large dispersion from long slant range by crews who hadn't strafed since the
F-15E school house. That isn't the only reason, but it goes a long way
towards understanding why the strafe passes didn't work so well.

Which is one of the reasons I'm not convinced that "a gun on every
aircraft because we might need it for CAS" is a compelling argument.

Let's be fair, this was an aircraft that grew out of a program with the
slogan "Not a pound for air to ground". If you're building a multirole
aircraft from the start (and, let's face it, what isn't these days -
stand fast the F-22 as originally intended), you have to give
consideration to the face that the pilots might actually have to
influence the ground directly.

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