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Betcha didn't know this!!
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Jolly Roger
Yes. I am a Pirate.
squeeze said:
That's what I was thinking of!
The VA-165 Spad that shot down a MiG was on a working ground suppression for a rescue over N. Vietnam and in that same mission one was chalked up as a probable.
And an A-4 shot down a MiG-17 with a Zuni rocket, while doing flak suppression over Kep, I think it was.
Finally, athread about geeky stuff that I actually know about.
Two A-1 Skyraiders shared a single kill on a Mig-17 in addition to the single A-1 shooting down a Mig-17, I think they were about a year apart. I have a book that lists every kill in Vietnam but I have not yet unpacked it.
The A-4 that shot down the Mig was acutally profiled in the book. Apparently the pilot was startled to find the Mig in front of him an unloaded a whole pod of rockets at him, hitting him with one. The squadron was so excited that they painted a Mig on every A-4 in the squadron.
More unusual kills. Two A-10's were credited with helo kills in the Gulf War. I think one used his cannon and a LGB. I did not see it until recently but a F-15E was also credited with a helo kill as well with an LGB. The best one is also sometimes not officially credited. An EF-111 dove towards the deck with a Iraqi on his tail, pulling out right above the desert floor. The Iraqi did not quite make the pull out and smashed into the ground. A rocks kill is still a kill. The funny thing is that some of the F-15 types apparently claimed it was an F-15 radar that made him do it, I guess they were jealous. One of my former CO's was an exchange guy with EF-111's during the war and told me this in addition to some other interesting tales.
Two A-1 Skyraiders shared a single kill on a Mig-17 in addition to the single A-1 shooting down a Mig-17, I think they were about a year apart. I have a book that lists every kill in Vietnam but I have not yet unpacked it.
The A-4 that shot down the Mig was acutally profiled in the book. Apparently the pilot was startled to find the Mig in front of him an unloaded a whole pod of rockets at him, hitting him with one. The squadron was so excited that they painted a Mig on every A-4 in the squadron.
More unusual kills. Two A-10's were credited with helo kills in the Gulf War. I think one used his cannon and a LGB. I did not see it until recently but a F-15E was also credited with a helo kill as well with an LGB. The best one is also sometimes not officially credited. An EF-111 dove towards the deck with a Iraqi on his tail, pulling out right above the desert floor. The Iraqi did not quite make the pull out and smashed into the ground. A rocks kill is still a kill. The funny thing is that some of the F-15 types apparently claimed it was an F-15 radar that made him do it, I guess they were jealous. One of my former CO's was an exchange guy with EF-111's during the war and told me this in addition to some other interesting tales.
The one with the "dish" is the E-1 Tracer.
kmac said:
I've got no clue... I've been trying to figure it out but there are no distinguishible marks. My guess... C-1. I bet they used it to bring VIPs and observers out to see the landing.
C-1A looks the exact same as an S-2. There are really no distinguishing marks or protrusions.
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