Warthogs, Spectres are there if NATO wants them
Middle East • April 2011 • Views: 1,096
U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs and AC-130 Spectre gunships are still on call and available for NATO tasking if commanders ask for them, a top Pentagon spokesman said Friday, even though NATO’s secretary general said the alliance needs more attack aircraft. But Marine Col. Dave Lapan, a top DoD spokesman, told reporters that NATO so far hasn’t requested either type of aircraft for missions against Libya.