Originally Posted by
orca
FB - do you mean reading within this thread?
I’ve been through it to check and can’t find any post that says CAS must have flown pointy things. Other than BV’s which is probably the highlight.
No I think you've misunderstood, I didn't say that someone had said they must as such, I'm simply alluding to the perceived wisdom. In all but one case, the CAS has always flown a combat type operationally, assuming Helicopters in RAF service are not classed as frontline combat aircraft. And I'm not saying this is a good or a bad custom, simply that it has always been that way, probably through the logic of having been close to the core raison det're of why there is an air force in the first place.
But I accept that nothing is set in stone.
FB