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Old 10-08-2010, 15:42   #9
SouthernDZ
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They thought the same thing during I think Vietnam when they took the machine guns off the fighter planes because modern fighters supposedly only fought with missiles. Broadsword2004

I was going to say the same thing. During the 1970s There was a mad scramble to outfit the F-4 Phantom with guns; a removable machine gun pod under the fuselage was what they finally came up with. I was reminded of this when I attended a SWCS instructor offsite with GEN Boykin chairing. They were looking for an alternative to Robin Sage because, "We're never going to conduct UW - we might need to design a FID exercise." less than 20 months later we were operating with the Northern Alliance.
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