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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (15342)11/5/2003 11:56:06 PM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 793720
 
As for the A-10: Great airplane that belongs to the wrong service – the U.S. Air Force – where the top brass treat it like Cinderella with wings.

Hack has the Warthog story right. The first version of this plane should have been available for Korea and Nam if the Air Force hadn't been so "Wild Blue Yonder."

But the Army will never scale the Apache back. They can armor Helicopters until the cows come home, and any guy with an RPG can still bring it down. They should have known that since Nam.