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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Carrier based A-10s?
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Date: 22 Mar 91 04:21:05 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
> [Harrier]
> lacks the A-10s loiter ability.  Doesn't matter how fast you are, if you're
>going or coming to/from a refueling, you're overhead doing me much good.

You don't see too many A-10s dropping down into a clearing just behind the
lines to wait for a call to action.  Harriers do this all the time; it's
called "ground loiter".
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