Comments from reader, Blacktail
I've heard it all before.
"I think he died from brain damage."
--- Gen. Chuck Horner, upon learning that his son became an A-10 pilot
"Sir, we believe that out F-16s can do [all of] the air support."
--- Gen. Chuck Horner, briefing Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf (who was unimpressed, and demanded A-10s *by name*) in 1990
"I take back all the bad things I have ever said about the A-10. I love them! They're saving our asses!"
--- Gen. Chuck Horner during Operation Desert Storm, when the A-10's overwhelming combat power was too obvious to conceal
"Those people . . . were always championing the A-10. As the A-10 reaches
the end of its life cycle-- and it's approaching that now--it's time to
replace it, just like we replace every airplane, including, right now,
some early versions of the F-16."
--- Gen. Chuck Horner, in the June 1991 issue of Air Force Magazine
Will the real Chuck Horner please stand up?
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