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USN Splash one SU-22 (merged threads)
- Thread starter SynixMan
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No one knows (or maybe some of you do) at what perimeters this heat shot was taken. Bottom line, the target was eliminated, mission accomplished. As for tac-air against alien giant round things.......well let's hope we have an intellect like Jeff Goldblum giving the PowerPoint.
Yeah, but somehow I don't see Trump getting into a Hornet and leading a strike package. Which may be a good thing. Maybe Will Smith is free.
Sorry man, I can only fly props...There's always this guy:
Line cut from film:There's always this guy:
"We need a few more pilots to volunteer."
"What percent get jets?"
Yes, on SIPR
Pilot talked about it in an interview..
http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/up-...-and-the-pilots-fresh-from-combat-operations/
Lt Cdr Michael Tremel of the Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-87 ‘Golden Warriors’ made the first US air-to-air kill since a USAF F-16 shot down a Serbian MiG-29 in 1999, during the Kosovo campaign. Tremel, speaking to media for the first time aboard the Bush anchored in the Solent said “the whole incident lasted about eight minutes… I did not directly communicate with the Syrian Jet but he was given several warnings by our supporting AWACS aircraft… So yes, we released ordnance and yes it hit a target that was in the air, but it really just came back to defending those guys that were doing the hard job on the ground and taking that ground back from ISIS.” He recalled; “I didn’t see the pilot eject but my wingman observed his parachute.”Tremel is an incredibly modest and relaxed gentleman, it is others, not himself who are keen to make a big deal about what was a relatively simple air-air kill against an obsolete aircraft. “When you think about the shoot-down, in the grand scheme of things… we [our squadron] flew over 400 missions in support of friendly forces on the ground” he said. On encounters with Russian aircraft, he said: “They behaved with great professionalism at all times.”
http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/up-...-and-the-pilots-fresh-from-combat-operations/
Lt Cdr Michael Tremel of the Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-87 ‘Golden Warriors’ made the first US air-to-air kill since a USAF F-16 shot down a Serbian MiG-29 in 1999, during the Kosovo campaign. Tremel, speaking to media for the first time aboard the Bush anchored in the Solent said “the whole incident lasted about eight minutes… I did not directly communicate with the Syrian Jet but he was given several warnings by our supporting AWACS aircraft… So yes, we released ordnance and yes it hit a target that was in the air, but it really just came back to defending those guys that were doing the hard job on the ground and taking that ground back from ISIS.” He recalled; “I didn’t see the pilot eject but my wingman observed his parachute.”Tremel is an incredibly modest and relaxed gentleman, it is others, not himself who are keen to make a big deal about what was a relatively simple air-air kill against an obsolete aircraft. “When you think about the shoot-down, in the grand scheme of things… we [our squadron] flew over 400 missions in support of friendly forces on the ground” he said. On encounters with Russian aircraft, he said: “They behaved with great professionalism at all times.”
For those without high side access, looks like the declassified TGP footage has been released:
From Tailhook last month, a pretty comprehensive roundup of this incident by the aircrew involved. Good stuff.
https://livestream.com/wab/tailhook2017/videos/162478715
https://livestream.com/wab/tailhook2017/videos/162478715