On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:21:56 -0400 <oldsdoug at hotmail.com> writes: > > For anyone else besides me who was wondering, the A-10 went in > service in October 1977. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II Cost, in 1998: $9.8 million Cost of Eurocopter Dauphin, in 2007: $11.2 million http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Dauphin_2