and its lack of guns or cannons was a clear sign that it would never hold its own if it was going to get into a dogfight. As far as anyone knows, in fact, no Nighthawk ever carried air-to-air ...

Incredibly, despite its high usage — the Nighthawk flew 1,271 sorties in Operation ... to attack ground targets — it lacked the guns or air-to-air missiles typical of dogfights — it didn ...