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From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: A10 vs Apache?
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Date: 26 Mar 91 03:15:44 GMT
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From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

>From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
>"The US Army, on the other hand, would really like to
>operate its own CAS force, but isn't allowed to fly
>fixed-wing aircraft."
> 
>In December 1990, the US Army was given permission to fly
>fixed-wing aircraft.

Oh, dear.  They've been very bad for quite a while then:  They've been
flying OV-1 Mohawks for several years.  (OV-10 Broncos, too, at least for
a while.)

Wasn't the 1990 agreement one that let them operate jet aircraft?

Maybe the Air Force will give them its A-10s.