A-10 gear fairing

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:24:11 GMT, Ed Rasimus
wrote:

Did I get the high points? Do I still have to buy the book?

Yes, you did, but you still have to get the book. (You don't have to
buy it. A big-time author like you can write NIP and get a review
copy, I betcha.)

What you left out was the continuing USAF dislike of the A-10. It
wasn't just the acquisition; it has lasted for a generation.

Campbell does go to great lengths to define air support, even unto
BAI, but to me this is meaningless. You know it when you need it, and
you need it when the bad guys are swaming over the ridge and there's
no artillery sighted in on your position.

(Under my definition, of course, the A-10 has never been used for air
support. 15,000 feet! That was its minimum altitude over Yugoslavia!
Did Art Kramer ever bomb from that high?)



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