Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: aroe@jarthur.Claremont.edu (Mother Goose) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: a10 in combat Message-ID: <1991Feb11.042900.26593@cbnews.att.com> Date: 11 Feb 91 04:29:00 GMT References: <1991Feb9.025209.29262@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Followup-To: usa Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Mother Goose In article <1991Feb9.025209.29262@cbnews.att.com> t6mx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: > >I just read a A-10 shot down a Iraqi fighter for the first time in history > >Any ideas of what weapons were used. The Times (LA) this morning published an "interview" with the pilot of the A-10. The A-10 shot down an Iraqi helicopter (one of two that was found, the other escaped) with the 30mm cannon. (OUCH!) about 300 rounds were fired into the chopper (which disintegrated). The A-10 also had Maverick heat-seekers, but they couldn't lock on at the time, so the cannon was used instead. ----- Andrew Roe aroe@jarthur.claremont.edu