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sofa king

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6. Interesting.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 02:53 PM

Jan 2012

The propeller driven ground attack aircraft has never gone out of style. The Pucara was an ever-present danger in the Falklands War, and since any air power is air supremacy when your opponent has no way to stop it, dirt cheap adaptations of passenger aircraft, crop dusters, and antique warplanes abound. At one point, the French were using captured Japanese Ki-43 "Oscars" in Indo-China. In 1949, British Spitfires were fighting Israeli Spitfires.

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Thanks! I didn't know that. n/t unhappycamper Jan 2012 #3

Interesting. sofa king Jan 2012 #6

"with shrinking defense budgets" But I thought they just got a raise! Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Jan 2012 #4

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