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 BK>>  Come to think of it, I do recall reading complaints about Army
 BK>>  helicopter pilots veering off at the first hint of flashes of
 BK>>  gunfire, and Marine helicopter pilots flying into hell to get
 BK>>  the wounded.

 BA> Maybe *some* Army pilots did that, but not all of them.
 BA> Not by a long shot IMO.  And you should remember the Jolly
 BA> Greens that would sit in a hover, taking ground fire, while
 BA> hoisting up wounded.  At SAC I worked for a major who'd
 BA> been a JG pilot.

 That wouldn't surprise me. After all, complaints seem to fly
 much better than praise. And much more often.

 BK>>>>  BTW, how high did the FAC pilots fly?

 BA> High enough for a 57mm round to take off most of the right
 BA> wing outboard of the engine nacelle on an OV-10.  And the
 BA> pilot successfully RTB'd.

 I always liked the OV-10s. They didn't base them where I worked,
 but they would occasionally visit. I always thought of a praying
 mantis when I saw one. Often wondered why they stopped using
 them.

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