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RE: Korean War Airpower
I
understand the AF is trying to dump the Warthog because close air support is not
the way to promotions. Pity. I could have appreciated that ugly brute if we had
had it then.
Walter
E. Wallis
After W W 2, the Marines constantly
practiced close air support between the air and ground forces- I may be wrong,
but I think they developed the concept. At any rate, as we moved in attack,
the Corsairs would be strafing 50 yards to our front, so much so that the
falling shell casings droping on our heads scared the crap out of us until we
got used to it. I remember practicing CAS in the spring of 1950 during
maneuvers at Onslow Beach, North Carolina. The Navy pilots did not participate
in the practice. The Marine Corps CAS was so effective that the Army units
were frequently requesting Marine Air. I may be wrong, but I think the Air
Force has still not developed CAS to the same extent as the USMC had.
Lee N. Mead