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To: Chainmail

Precise coordination is now available via data-link. CAS remains something driven by the GROUND commander.

Nothing beats hits on target, too - which is easier when you are not at 100’ trying to avoid hitting the ground AND still hitting the target.

I’m an A-10 fan, but they’ve made mistakes too.


72 posted on 12/22/2016 6:39:27 PM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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To: Mr Rogers
"I’m an A-10 fan, but they’ve made mistakes too."

They have indeed: when I had an artillery battalion, I had a truck in my motor pool that looked like a colander with small shrapnel holes. It was hit by a "friendly" A-10 that didn't know what our stuff looked like.

Another important reason for our flying comrades to spend more time with the ground-gaining folks to learn how we do our job and how to best support it.

77 posted on 12/23/2016 3:49:56 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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