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Paul Scharre, a former Army Ranger who served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, said these turboprop planes were the perfect middle ground cheap canada goose uk between drones and more technologically advanced jets.
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But Scharre is optimistic that these effective aircraft uk canada goose outlet will find a niche within the military, possibly with Air Forces cheap Canada Goose Special Operations acquiring some planes to support Special Operations forces.
The need for canada goose clearance sale close air support in the fight against ISIS also helped convince the uk canada goose Air Force to reconsider plans to retire the A 10 Warthog, a 1970s era ground attack jet.
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In January, the United States also provided Afghanistan with four turboprop A 29 Super Tucano planes, the Afghan air force’s first fixed wing combat aircraft.
