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From: wyvern@agora.hf.intel.com (Scott Sanford)
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Subject: Re: Infantry vs. Air Support -- Any problems?
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Date: 14 Sep 90 04:25:32 GMT
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From: wyvern@agora.hf.intel.com (Scott Sanford)
>From: Allan Bourdius <ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>Since the USAF is planning to junk the A-10 in favor of a modified F-16,
>the A-16, it's clear that they don't take the CAS mission very seriously.

  Can this be true?  The A-10 gets more favorable comments on this newsgroup
than any other piece of military hardware; who in their right mind would
take it out of service?
  (Please, no comments about the Unimaginably Stupid Air Farce.)

(Humorous quote deleted for security reasons)     wyvern@agora.hf.intel.com