[djmcmath]

SVanDamme, you're right -- the application of this kind of firepower is limited. That said, when you need to put 800 rounds downrange right now, it helps to have a tool that's capable of that. Close air support is definitely more convenient -- I don't have to haul a helicopter into the field with me, like I do a -60. At the same time, Murphy's Law says that if what I really need is an aviator, said pilot is most likely knocking back martinis while complaining about how he only gets 43 channels of cable in his s***ty Arab hotel, and that what I'm actually going to have handy is whatever tool I drug into the field on my back.