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As a combat veteran in Iraq I can tell you there is no one better at Close air support than the Marines. I had an airforce F-16 on station and he totally screwd the pooch. Dropped a 2k lb bomb within the kill radius of my recon platoon. Lol luckily there was an apartment building about 400 meters from us that saved our lives. Never had a problem with the Marine CAS. Secondly the Marines send all flight officers (pilots) to be FAC's (Forward Air Controllers) We had one attached to our platoon during the duration of our deployment. He was a Captain and very much liked being behind the .50 Cal. The airforce did manage to deliver our chow and mail though good job guys keep the mail comin lol.
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