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From: wb9omc@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: CAS, A-10s and the Army
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Date: 15 Dec 90 01:25:23 GMT
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From: wb9omc@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
jumper@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Michael Lanham) writes:
>I saw on the net the other day, and cannot find it now, a posting
>that said Congress had just authorized the U.S. Army to fly
>fixed wing aircraft with weight > 10,000 lbs.  It said that the
>bill also ordered the USAF to hand over the A-10s in stock to the Army
>though they would be maintained by the USAF.  

	I just had a real evil thought - if the Army can now fly larger
	fixed wing stuff, give them the SR71's!!!  :-)

Duane