(BUFDRVR) wrote:

Strange war....

Not so much as you would think. Fast forward 15+ years to DESERT STORM. For a
bulk of that operation B-52Gs pounded Iraqi ground forces and mobilization
areas while F-117s hit Iraqi SOCs and other completely strategic targets. Now
jump forward another dozen years and F-117 and F-15E are hitting strategic
targets in Baghdad while 50% of the B-52 sorties are dedicated to CAS. Vietnam
wasn't strange, it was a glimpse of future air operations.


I imagine Curt LeMay is doing a relatively high RPM in his grave...


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (ret)
***"When Thunder Rolled:
*** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam"
*** from Smithsonian Books
ISBN: 1588341038