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2006-02-03 Afghanistan

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Posted by ed 2006-02-03 07:44|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 20 Taliban deaders and counting. 3 Afghan police dead.

Posted by ed 2006-02-03 08:31|| 2006-02-03 08:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Hasn't the AF gotten rid of the A-10 yet?

Posted by Sleans Shereck7375 2006-02-03 08:42|| 2006-02-03 08:42|| Front Page Top

#3 The unfortunate situation the bad guyz now find themselves in is that they *have* to concentrate their numbers, having to bully the locals, who would be more than glad to inform on them or kill them outright.

However, this also means that whenever we find such a concentration, we can cull the whole herd at once.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-03 08:44|| 2006-02-03 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 FYI: My unit was attacked by an A-10 in a training exercise once. I was about a half-mile away at the time and got a good vantage of the attack. It makes you a little queasy to realize, even in training, that you are the "sole survivor".

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-03 08:46|| 2006-02-03 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Funny, but I don't recall the Taliban ever being called "insurgents" before.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-03 09:44|| 2006-02-03 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Nope. The A-10 was slated for the scrapheap, but the wars in Iraq and Afganistan have kept it around since it is perfect for this type of war. The A-10 rocks.
Anonymoose, I know the feeling. I watched live fires of it too. Definately don't want to be on the receiving end of it.

Posted by mmurray821 2006-02-03 10:52|| 2006-02-03 10:52|| Front Page Top

#7 I understand that the A-10's are getting new engines and new sensor systems.

Posted by Phil 2006-02-03 11:08|| 2006-02-03 11:08|| Front Page Top

#8 And that is in spite of the fact that AF generals have been trying for a decade to scrap it so they can buy more $140 million per copy F22's.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-02-03 12:30|| 2006-02-03 12:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Rumor has it that the Army stepped forward to take the A-10 when the Air Force tried to drop it. The AF got real interested in the A-10 again as they didn't want fixed wing Army units.
That's what I heard anyway.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2006-02-03 18:50|| 2006-02-03 18:50|| Front Page Top

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