[doorgunner69]

I remember when we first got them in at Mag-39 Quang Tri. They only flew with rockets, 2.75" at first, doing spotting. By the time I left to come home, they were getting ready to fly with a couple 250lb GP bombs. We were laughing that they were frustrated Phantom pilots wanting in on the close air support mission.

Couple decades later I saw a flight of them over Ft Irwin, great to see they were still going.

Very short takeoff and landing little guy, and quiet with the turboprops.

[jonascord]

After rolling in on a ground attack, as they climbed out, they would roll inverted. I asked a pilot, years later, why. He said that it was easier to pull positive gees, rather than negative...