![]() military learned that when striking an elusive enemy, high-performance jet fighters were much more successful when they were directed by lighter, slower airplanes that could wait and watch for the enemy to move. The rugged mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier, where the Taliban and al Qaeda hide, are as effective at concealment as the dense swamps and forests of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It has pursued before, with overwhelming technological superiority, guerrilla fighters who improvise weapons and use the terrain to hide. military has been here before: fighting an enemy who wears no uniform, one who hits and runs then disappears, blending in with local villagers. ![]() Both canopy doors are open to cool the cockpit. ![]() A Bronco returns to Udorn Air Base, Thailand.
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