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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (31960)	6/9/2002 2:14:04 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

the F-15 and F-16 combination we currently have in place. If forced to it, the Air Force could do just as well upgrading these two aircraft forever. No other country is going to build anything that will beat them at what they do. But, as we both know, "The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys," and the Air Force wants new toys to play with. (Put fins on the F-15 and F-16, maybe that will make the Air Force Happy!) I believe that artillery response is more effective than is air support because of the integrated training that every Army Officer and NCO receives in performing "call for fire" missions. I think the ground support issue is criminal. The refusal of the Air Force to make this a top priority has cost us a lot of good men. The "Key West" decision to turn everything over to the Air Force was the big mistake, IMO, and resulted in the whole Helicopter overbuild in the Army to make up for the lack of ground support aircraft.