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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
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Subject: Re: A10 vs Apache?
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Date: 27 Mar 91 05:14:43 GMT
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)

  The Army has flown a few fixed wing aircraft for a long, long time.

  1.  OV-1D Mohawk Surveillance Aircraft (Grumman) 
      A crew of 2, twin turbo-prop, with SLAR, IR, and Photo capabilities.
      The Army has been flying the Mohawk since 1970.

  2.  RC-12 (Beechcraft) Improved Guardrail V system (Elecronic Warfare)
      A crew of 2, twin engine.  The Army has been flying Guardrail RC-12s
      since 1978. 

The big 'to-do' about Army fixed-wing vs Air Force came during Vietnam
when the Army tried to buy the C-7 Caribou cargo plane.  

mike schmitt