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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Army fixed-wing (Was: Rutan's Million Dollar Ground Attack Plane)
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.042603.28745@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 28 Aug 90 04:26:03 GMT
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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)


In article <1990Aug17.023750.1538@cbnews.att.com> betz@marob.masa.com (Tom Betz) writes:


[regarding the Rutan mudfighter]

>The Army can't use it because the divorce decree between the
>Army and Air Force requires it not to fly any fixed-wing
>aircraft.  


What about the OV-1 Mohawks?  Aren't they set up for some kind of limited
COIN mission?  Or are they strictly FAC aircraft?  How does the OV-1 compare
with the OV-10 in mission and performance?


Geoff


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