Another truth DoD racketeers don't want you to know is the dismal 50% crash rate of UAVs and their poor "soda straw" vision piped back to a ground unit means our troops lack 24/7/365 air surveillance to deny the enemy freedom to lay land mines and car bombs. The solution is to not ask too-fast-to-see-shiite 600+ mph fighter-bomber (FB) jocks or too-slow-too-noisy-to-survive rotorhead attack helicopter (AH) pilots for continuous overhead presence but to restore to U.S. Army Field Artillery short-take-off and landing (STOL) "grasshopper" fixed-wing observation/attack aircraft that can fly 24/7/365 without making us go broke to investigate and locate fleeting enemies as well as kill them with on-board weaponry and directing artillery and FB/attack helicopter strikes when the latter decides it wants to take to the air. Thrush aircraft make a 2-seat, armored, turboprop large grasshopper, the "Vigilante 2" that U.S. military ground forces desperately need. This video showcases the company and their STOL aircraft. Details: http://www.geocities.com/usarmyaviationdigest/grasshoppersmustreturn.htm Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (more)