On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:12:50 -0500, "matheson31"
wrote:

The Warthogs are playing A-FAC these days. That's why they are OA-10s now.

Well, yes and no. Last time I heard anything about the program it was
more like "not-so-fast-FAC". The employment was as an armed recce
spotter (hence the "O" nomenclature) rather than as a traditional,
assigned to the support of the ground manuever unit FAC.

They "rove the allotted area" calling in BAI strikes.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8