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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (33851)	10/17/2001 8:58:24 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That first link is awesome! Although it doesn't answer the question of whether or not all gunships are called Puffs, which I think is the case. The media usually get their news from reliable sources, such as the Pentagon. I once posted a great link on gunships, but can't find it. Did come across this, though. Message 13487338 Or a B-2 bearing a rotary launcher with cruise missiles ... either payload. (conventional or) -- Rotary Launcher and b2 search - awesome! Early on the morning of 16 January, 1991, after Army AH-64 Apaches had blasted a hole in the Iraqi forward radar line in Kuwait, six B49J Wild Weasel radar suppression aircraft blew through the hole at low level and led the Coalition air armada into Iraq while frying the Iraqi search and acquisition radars. Desert Storm B49J's were equipped with 24 HARMS with 18 in a rotary launcher in the bomb bay and four wingtip mounted AIM-9L Sidewinders for local defense. A B49J is credited with destroying two MIG 23's in the landing pattern at Ras Sulieman airfield in Iraq. One was destroyed by a Sidewinder missile and the pilot of the second MIG was observed staring intently at the B49J over his left shoulder as his aircraft slammed into a telephone pole. CENTCOM granted the crew credit for both victories. During the 1980's several experiments had been conducted with Joint Army and Air Force Attack Teams (JAAT) consisting of Army attack helicopters and Air Force A-10 and AC49's. The success of these missions led to the deployment of the AC49E to Dhamamm in Saudi Arabia in December 1990. During one mission flown with AH-64's from the 101st Aviation Regiment, the AC49E "Bad MoFo", was credited with destroying an entire regiment of Iraqi T-72's of the "Hammurabi" division in a single pass. During one of his briefings, Gen Schwarzkopf referred to this mission as "the Mother of all drive-by shootings". It is generally believed that unless the U.S. goes to war with China, this record will never be broken.