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Article: APACHES NOW UNLIKELY TO SEE KOSOVO COMBAT - RISKS ARE TOO GREAT.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- May 19, 1999
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The vaunted Apache attack helicopters that were to have added a unique punch to NATO's air campaign are unlikely to see combat over Kosovo anytime soon. The risk to pilots is simply too great, President Clinton suggested yesterday, after the Pentagon dispatched more ground-attack A-10 jets instead.
``When the weather is good - as it generally is at this time of year - most of what the Apaches could do can be done by the A-10s at less risk,'' Clinton said.
Meanwhile, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said the international peacekeeping force that NATO planners are considering would be in the range of 45,000 to 50,000 troops. He did not mention a specific ...