Rob Thorton said:
I agree. I think the A-10 is a superior aircraft for that particular mission, and my guess is that if the Army was flying them, they would have been used.The fights up and around Nasiriyah, Samawah, Najaf, and Kifl, as well as the ambushes laid out for the AH-64s when they went on their deep attack need to be studied in depth. As I read those chapters (11-15) I got to thinking about some of the discussion Terry Terriff and I had and some of the things I've read recently by guys like Frank Hoffman.
I am currently reading Bruce Catton's Terrible Swift Sword. I just finished his The Coming Fury. The political and military incompetence on both sides fascinating. I like both books. My next book will be Never Call Retreat which will finish off his trilogy. They were written in the early 1960s, but are very readable and informative.
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