axolotl wrote:

Wes wrote:

I've never used or touched one but having read a lot of history books on the Vietnam era,
Prick 77 comes to mind. Five mile range, no HF capability, not much of a radio. Who in
the air could talk 30-76 MHZ FM? I know the F4-j/s's I worked on were UHF.


CAS and liason aircraft might have used the Rockwell ARC-54.

It may interest you to know the last PRC-77 left the Guard inventory a
couple of years ago.

Kevin Gallimore


A couple years ago? That is pathetic. What happened to the mantra of we support our
troops?

Wes
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"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller