In article ,
Ed Rasimus wrote:

Absolutely correct, and a remarkable effort. But, the discussion was
regarding the call for strafe. The image that conjures up of a Bone
rolling in and lining up for a blast of maybe eight internal
wing-mounted 20mm Vulcans delivered at 1800 feet slant range.....

Well, if you're looking at serious ground-attack work, why not just put
in some GAU-8s in the mix?

Or if you're really going to be mean, fly a C-5 over at 40,000 feet and
drop a few hundred pallets of lawn darts out the back...

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