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...Vengeance direst vengeance, is all I live for now Heaven's thunderbolt shall strike through me." Rigeieno...
Republican Norman Lent of New York was promised that the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane, made on Long Island, would not be phased out as planned if he voted for the tax bill. Lent "agonized," then supported the President. Said one White House aide: "This has been the biggest shopping spree we've gone through...
...critical comments on the A-10 Thunderbolt II [May 24] shocked me. The mission assigned this plane is one of the toughest and most dangerous in the history of air warfare. The A-10s will fly at treetop levels, where faster aircraft like the F-16 lack the turning ability to avoid hills, trees and other obstructions. At this low altitude, the A-10 must be able to withstand small arms and other antiaircraft fire while destroying targets quickly. Its survivability is second to none...
...from the program, which began in March. Morale of supervisors in the course is improving, despite continued layoffs. The training sessions have contributed to the completion of more jobs on schedule, and the company this spring won an Air Force productivity award for its work on the A-10 Thunderbolt II jet fighter...
...Thunderbolt 11 is a most unsophisticated plane. Pilots joke about being struck from behind by birds." That harsh assessment of an Air Force attack plane designed to provide close air support for battlefield troops comes from a top general of the Tactical Air Command. Why, then, is there $357 million in the Pentagon's fiscal 1983 budget for 20 more of the aircraft, each of which is $1.6 million costlier than the more sophisticated F-16 Fighting Falcon? The answer, insists the general: "We are buying them only because of political pressure...