cdouglas -
Thanks for the info. I would have guessed that it was actually the other way around - that the air attack coordination guys would be the more senior pilots. It doesn't surprised me at all that you have a few former Marine OV-10 pilots out there. I was thinking that the former military guys would met the low level and **bombing** experience requirements and working a CAS stack can't be to much different from working the fire stack; I'm sure both have similar skill sets.
USMCFLYR