Please stop blowing us up....

Bullitt · 08-25-2007, 03:57 AM

Close air support is a bitch. A friend of mine from high school is a jet fighter mechanic currently in Iraq and consequently has a close relationship with the pilots. They tell him time and again that they have a love/hate relationship with close air support calls because the margin of error when dropping bombs or doing strafing runs when friendlies are danger close is basically zero, but they do get the satisfaction that they are seriously saving someone's ass out there. Expecting a perfect record is a pipe dream.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2007, 04:02 AM

That's why we need to start building Warthogs again. Fighter planes are just too fast and too fragile for real close air support.

TheMercenary · 08-25-2007, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's why we need to start building Warthogs again. Fighter planes are just too fast and too fragile for real close air support.

The absolutely best plane ever built IMHO. I have seen them in action and I promise, you do not want to be on the receiving end of one. They are one of the few airframes that can take a real beating in the air and limp home intact.

08-25-2007, 03:57 AM	#1
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Close air support is a bitch. A friend of mine from high school is a jet fighter mechanic currently in Iraq and consequently has a close relationship with the pilots. They tell him time and again that they have a love/hate relationship with close air support calls because the margin of error when dropping bombs or doing strafing runs when friendlies are danger close is basically zero, but they do get the satisfaction that they are seriously saving someone's ass out there. Expecting a perfect record is a pipe dream. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

08-25-2007, 04:02 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's why we need to start building Warthogs again. Fighter planes are just too fast and too fragile for real close air support. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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