And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The desire to arm all three flying branches with a common aircraft was another deciding factor in the selection of the F4 Phantom....from pure interceptor/dog fighter roll, there really was no comparison....in the end, it took multiple aircraft in Viet Nam to fill all the demands anyway, with the Sky Raider indicating the need for a plane like the A-10 Warthog....Tough, slow, maneuverable, with tremendous armament and loitering capability for tank destruction and support for ground troops....
The desire to arm all three flying branches with a common aircraft was another deciding factor in the selection of the F4 Phantom....from pure interceptor/dog fighter roll, there really was no comparison....in the end, it took multiple aircraft in Viet Nam to fill all the demands anyway, with the Sky Raider indicating the need for a plane like the A-10 Warthog....Tough, slow, maneuverable, with tremendous armament and loitering capability for tank destruction and support for ground troops....
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