To: Rich Lee
The lie alluded to in my post was relayed to me by one of the authors
of a Government Accounting Office report titled:
APACHE HELICOPTER
Serious Logistical Support Problems Must Be Solved to Realize Combat Potential
This report was published in September of 1990 and although some of the problems have been solved many have not.
The report has a number: GAO/NSIAD-90-294
Inside on the first page it is titled:
National Security and International Affairs Division and numbered B-238876
If you haven't already read it I would strongly suggest that you do.
I can't say exactly who it was that lied but I would seriously suggest you look at the individuals responsible to get more pilots to fly the Apache.
I don't know if it is classified but just how many were downed by small arms fire. The RPGs notwithstanding several Apaches have been lost and the enemy on the ground does not have heavy weapons like the ZSU-23-4 nor do they have heavy machine guns.
At least not according to CNN.
