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<DIV>><I>You still lose in a gun fight<BR></I><BR>Ain't it the
truth!<BR><BR>I don't get all this talk about the A-10 bein ugly... Ask any Army
grunt <BR>that's used 'em for CAS, and they're the most beautiful things in the
world! <BR>;)<BR><BR>Last time I saw an A-10 was a 2-ship that did a low
altitude (500-1000') <BR>flyover... and having seen these things in action on
the range, I can say <BR>that an A-10 that close has to be the scariest thing an
enemy will ever <BR>see... though thankfully it will also be the LAST!
;)<BR><BR>Brian<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Real men drive HAWGS</DIV>
<DIV>Read a story about a patrol in a valley in afgan that was attacked by the
taliban</DIV>
<DIV>from the hill sides estimated at about 800. Afgan Mil was also part of the
patrol but</DIV>
<DIV>dissapeared. Two A10's showed up and started strafing the hillside. Imagine
the secondary</DIV>
<DIV>rock fragments created by the 30mm rounds. The afgan mil had been captured
by the taliban</DIV>
<DIV>and returned with a message from them that if you call off the Hogs we will
leave you alone.</DIV>
<DIV>In Gulf 1 the Iraqi army nicknamed it Silent Thunder as they were being
served up a can of </DIV>
<DIV>whoop ass before they new it was there.</DIV>
<DIV>Actually I like anything with wings especially with weapons but I am
building an A10A pit.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chuck</DIV>
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