They were going to remove it from service, but changed their minds. It was used in Viet Nam for close air support, only in low danger of anti air retaliation, as it was thought to be too slow to avoid fire, and slowly phased out in favor of the quicker F-16, which they then mistakenly tried to turn into a fixed wing A-16. It was then demoted to carrying only smokes, and small air to air armaments(lol!!) Only to be realized, in Desert Storm, as a complete beast in air to ground confrontation, and now holds a steady position in the U.S. Army, and Air Force air to ground department.There are currently 751 of these monsters in service today, one of which I was recently buzzed by, as I reached the top of Mt. Lafayette, in N.H.'s White Mountains.
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They were going to remove it from service, but changed their minds. It was used in Viet Nam for close air support, only in low danger of anti air retaliation, as it was thought to be too slow to avoid fire, and slowly phased out in favor of the quicker F-16, which they then mistakenly tried to turn into a fixed wing A-16. It was then demoted to carrying only smokes, and small air to air armaments(lol!!) Only to be realized, in Desert Storm, as a complete beast in air to ground confrontation, and now holds a steady position in the U.S. Army, and Air Force air to ground department.There are currently 751 of these monsters in service today, one of which I was recently buzzed by, as I reached the top of Mt. Lafayette, in N.H.'s White Mountains.
