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**radikal** · 01-26-2007, 09:12 AM

Helicopters are terribly inefficient and have poor loiter time for patrols.

NATO needs to get appropriate turboprop/turbofan aircraft for the job. They can carry more munitions than a helo, fly faster, and have more time over target.

Too bad we sent all the good COIN aircraft to the smelter after Viet Nam. The only exception is the A-10, which has a full squadron in A-stan. Not bad for an aircraft the USAF keeps trying to get rid of and didn't originally want because it wasn't a sexy fighter.

**S.T.D.** · 01-31-2007, 02:25 PM

Choppers are hard to fly in the thin air of Afghanistan. Most of the crashes of choppers and fix wing aircraft are because of low speed stalling.

01-26-2007, 09:12 AM	#1
radikal Join Date Oct 2005 Age 54 Posts 4,523 Senior Member	NATO Airstrike Kills Suspected Senior Taliban Leader Helicopters are terribly inefficient and have poor loiter time for patrols. NATO needs to get appropriate turboprop/turbofan aircraft for the job. They can carry more munitions than a helo, fly faster, and have more time over target. Too bad we sent all the good COIN aircraft to the smelter after Viet Nam. The only exception is the A-10, which has a full squadron in A-stan. Not bad for an aircraft the USAF keeps trying to get rid of and didn't originally want because it wasn't a sexy fighter. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-31-2007, 02:25 PM	#2
S.T.D. Join Date May 2008 Age 42 Posts 5,220 Senior Member	Choppers are hard to fly in the thin air of Afghanistan. Most of the crashes of choppers and fix wing aircraft are because of low speed stalling. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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