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Old 10th Sep 2016, 17:14
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El Bunto
 
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Tangentially, the last active dive-bombing pilots of which I am aware were Swiss Hunter pilots who trained in the technique up until the 1970s using a SAAB bombing computer and sight. Proper dive-bombing, standing on the nose with the airbrake out; useful for hitting targets in valleys. The USMC's AV-8Bs and A-4Ms had angle-rate bombing TV cameras in the nose but those were for shallow-angle attacks of 40 deg or so, not true diving.
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