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Originally Posted by The Reaper
There is the wisdom of the AF leadership again, supporting use of a STRATEGIC bomber to perform CAS, however poorly.
Cut the mission and the assets out of the AF and transfer them to the Army. It isn't like the AF cares about it. Its only justification for fighters and bombers to them. Remember the F-15E "Strike Eagle" CAS platform?
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Hey I much rather have a F-15E "Strike Eagle" or F-16 or F-18 as a CAS platform then a STRATEGIC BOMBER!!
06ish we had a B-1B that came down under 5,000 AGL to do a "Show of Force" after going "Winchester." We all were laughing after the CCT guy said what was happening over the radio. It still scared (Engine noise) the crap out of the Afghans, all of them. You never see that happening today.
AC-130, A-10, AH-64 and OH-58 Kiowa are the only platforms that really gives us great CAS. I'm waiting for the Army to get a UAV styled after the OH-58 Kiowa since its going away. That was the many reason for scarping the OH-58 Kiowa fleet.