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Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote in
news:n3lsidpv2fc4baimb5dsd5d8uct7f6c2lt@4ax.com:
> Amazing what one finds just by turning over a few rocks!
>
>
> "The U.S. Air Force has a complicated relationship with its low- and
> flying branch has tried more than once to retire the ungainly A-10 in
> favor of speedier planes, only for lawmakers to block the move.
>
> But on at least one occasion, the Air Force actually defended the
> modern version of the World War II P-51 Mustang that Congress for some
> reason really loved.
I thought the A-10 was phased out because
it's mission could be better performed - and
and less cost - by drone-carried missles. No?
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