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From: gwh%volcano.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
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Subject: Re: A-10 Thunderbolt -- Who /really/ flys them?
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Date: 11 Oct 89 02:44:01 GMT
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From: gwh%volcano.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
In article <10017@cbnews.ATT.COM> jsaker@zeus.unl.edu ( Jamie Saker -- Student, UNO) writes:
>This summer when I was at ROTC Basic at Ft. Knox, we had the
>opportunity to see several A-10 Thunderbolts fly over us
>when we were out at the firing ranges.  
>
>After inquiring with a few people, I was told that there were
>several Army pilots flying those A-10s, but I was under the 
>impression that the Air Force flys (against their will:-) ) the
>A-10.  
>
>Since the A-10 is a ground-attack aircraft and in league with
>many of the army's stratagies, DOES the army have pilots flying
>them? Is it only the Air Force that flys them? Is the rumor true
>that the Air Force is trying to get rid of them to the Army? 
>(since they are a little too close to the ground for the
>Air Force:-) )

Much to the disgust of both the Air Force and the Army, the Army is
not allowed by law (the law that created the Air Force) to fly combat 
aircraft excepting helos.

They were working on changing that, but not getting anywhere.


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George William Herbert  UCB Naval Architecture Dpt. (my god, even on schedule!)
maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu  gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu
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