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Originally Posted by Olefin
Aircraft production was ended in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1984. The plants were still there but the question would be how long to set up the tooling again (which was in storage) and get back in production?
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I have the plant reopening in 1993 for production of A-10Bs (what we know as the A-10 NAWS) for the South Korean 20th Fighter Wing, followed by an order for 100 from the USAF, those going to the 81st TFW in England (and then to Germany, where their additional avionics are very handy in the German winter weather!). When that order is done the still warm production line starts turning out aircraft for the Chinese.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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