[Little Ray]

Not meant to be.
However it costs (much!) less per hour of operation, and its cheap. You can sell ‘em to foreign countries.

Its a good idea. Not a great idea (the ideal of being behind a turboprop while taking ground fire seems kinda scary...) but a good idea.

A GREAT idea would be a 21st century A-1 Skyraider...

[STD]

Ray, I heartily agree. A 25 MM gatling would quickly shake this fragile bird apart. Even the Skyraider was prone to vibration metal stress and fatigue from wing mounted 20MM cannons. Put a GAU 25MM in a tiny airplane and not only would you have only 15 seconds worth of ordinance, you'd also tear that dirty little bird apart.

Somebodies not thinking clearly, IMHO helicopters are far better close air support, scouting and recon packages than any fixed wing airframes. Maybe these airplanes are ment for third world countries, ut we surely don't want them in the USAAF Perhaps that's where Hussein's insane financial strategms are taking us?

[Vinnie]

A GREAT idea would be a 21st century A-1 Skyraider...

Now you're talkin'.