Originally Posted by Oap
...it took so long to get a useful air to ground capability in place
M8, within 12 hours of the arrival of the first GR1s in theatre, there were 4 on QRA loaded with JP233s.
Yes, I know there were no maps, or targets and it was a political QRA as much as anything else but still, it was a capability.
The PGM capability took longer but then it was still in its infancy on the still-young GR1 in 90/91. But we showed the world how to do it and the GR1/TIALD combination was second only to the F117A on bombs dropped vs DHs.
