On Feb 11, 6:16*pm, "Paul J. Adam" wrote:
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David E. Powell writes

They were also flying close support and going low. So they were
getting in close to the antiaircraft threats.

So were the F-16s and Harriers, with much lower loss rates.



Countermeasures against new SAMs etc. have surely advanced since
1991.

Sure, but they still work better on faster platforms that can contribute
more manoeuvre to the DAS's best efforts.

--
The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its
warriors, will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done
by fools.
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as long as they understand that the idea is to perform the mission,
not fly fast and do fancy maneuvers.