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To: DUMBGRUNT

26 posted on 01/26/2021 4:49:44 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Nice find!
Thanks.


39 posted on 01/26/2021 5:58:11 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: PIF

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill…against an Iraqi helicopter

https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/the-chopper-popper-scored-the-a-10s-first-air-to-air-kill-against-an-iraqi-helicopter/

After the war, Swain went back to his job flying Boeing 747s for U.S. Air and is still in the Air Force Reserve, now with the rank of Colonel.


42 posted on 01/26/2021 6:23:45 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: PIF

I don’t think those necessarily mean air to air kills, and more likely destroyed on the runway and verified by gun camera.


60 posted on 01/27/2021 8:20:02 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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