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From: clay@swbatl.sbc.com (Patrick Clay - 529-7760)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Persian Gulf Combat Aircraft--The A-4 Skyhawk
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Date: 15 Oct 90 03:38:41 GMT
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From: clay@swbatl.sbc.com (Patrick Clay - 529-7760)
In article <1990Oct11.050817.29127@cbnews.att.com> jabusch@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Jabusch) writes:
>VA-124, the old Corsair-based "Black Sheep" squadron once led by Pappy
>Boyington, now flies the A-4M (or did in 1987).  Very impressive aircraft
>still today.  The Blue Angels were flying A-4s up until the Hornets became
>common in the fleet, which took a few years (the first F/A-18 squadron
>began forming in the planning stage in 1976).  
>
I got to see a representative of the Black Sheep "show his stuff" at an air show this past summer--they now fly the AV-8 Harrier, which I guess is the Marine's
choice for ground support these days.

--Patrick Clay


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