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From: cti1!greg@uunet.UU.NET (Greg Fabian)
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Subject: Re: Brewster Buffalo
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Date: 17 Dec 90 04:46:57 GMT
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From: cti1!greg@uunet.UU.NET (Greg Fabian)

According to a Nova program about fighter aircraft technology the other
day, about 85% of the fighter aircraft shot down were not involved in
dogfights but were shot-up during a single high-speed, i.e., an arial
strafing run.  In effect, most pilots never saw it comming.  It seems
that shooting up the enemy aircraft from rudder to spinner in one pass
at high speed is, by far, the most successful tactic.

-- 
Greg Fabian

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