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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#1F497D'>It’s an Air Force ailment. They want the next shinny toy and ignore the usefulness of the one they already have. I wasn’t a grunt in Viet Nam but “suffered” more than a few rocket and mortar attacks. Sleep some nights only came because Puff (AC-47), Spectra (AC-130), or Shadow (AC-119) prowled. Oddly, their mini-guns sounded strangely like the A-10’s big gun. Not the same, but you can tell their related…. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#1F497D'>Taken from a article about the Shadow, but could be any of them from my era, or the A-10…. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000033'>“With the advantage of hindsight, however, it can be argued that the truest testimony of the AC-119s' worth is not measured on engine performance charts, The most obvious sign of success was when a GI on the ground, about to be overrun by VC troops, told the FAC pilot "F#@%! the F-4s - Get me a Shadow!”</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#993366'>Marty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AlaskaRC [mailto:alaskarc-bounces@lists.alaskarc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dirk & Alison via AlaskaRC<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 25, 2016 9:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Steven Lingle'; 'ARCS mailing list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AlaskaRC] A-10<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree retiring this amazing plane is a mistake even though it’s getting on in years. In spite of the end of the cold war, the Russia issue is still not settled and is now heating up again – remember the original mission for these planes. I think right now they are halfway into a wing replacement program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Are you sure it is a done deal? I think I heard some senators are trying to block the retirement and one airforce general said this past November that the retirement might be delayed for several years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> AlaskaRC [<a href="mailto:alaskarc-bounces@lists.alaskarc.org">mailto:alaskarc-bounces@lists.alaskarc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steven Lingle via AlaskaRC<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 25, 2016 6:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> ARCS <<a href="mailto:AlaskaRC@lists.alaskarc.org">AlaskaRC@lists.alaskarc.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [AlaskaRC] A-10<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good, real world video of the role the A-10 plays.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The pending retirement of the A-10, yet another monumental blunder from this administration. <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Watch before it is gone...</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://video.beforeitsnews.com/a-10-video-they-dont-want-you-to-see_e73768852.html" target="_blank">A-10 Video They Don't Want You To See</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=400 style='width:300.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:150.0pt'><td valign=top style='background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:150.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:150.0pt'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:150.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 11.25pt'></td><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="95%" style='width:95.0%;background:white;border:solid #E0E4E9 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid black 2.25pt;max-width:380px'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 9.0pt'></td><td width="99%" style='width:99.0%;border:none;padding:12.0pt 9.0pt 12.0pt 9.0pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>A-10 Video They Don't Want You To See<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#999999'>The Awesome A-10 Video the Air Force Doesn’t Want You to See - 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