Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: rjn@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (Bob Niland) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Persian Gulf Combat Aircraft--the A-4 Skyhawk Message-ID: <1990Nov6.042342.29359@cbnews.att.com> Date: 6 Nov 90 04:23:42 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 Approved: military@att.att.com Full-Name: Bob Niland From: Bob Niland /sci.military / military@cbnews.HP.COM / 1:53 pm Nov 4, 1990 / GC> The DoD ignores the most logical action which is to continue the A-10 GC> production line. Ten penny nails are an old design, but as long as we GC> continue to make new ones, they do the job they were designed for well. GC> I've seen nothing that is significantly better at CAS than the A-10 GC> so the logical course is to continue to produce the A-10. According to Aviation Leak, the Fairchild-Republic A-10 production line is now a credit card processing center, and has been for several years. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland Internet: rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599