Su-35 Gets a Gun Kill During Training

[Hopeful Hoya]

...against a friendly Su-30. Oops!

“Alright for admin, any safeties of flight or training rule violations?”

“Uhhhh....”

Russian Flanker Fighter Reportedly Downs Another With Its Cannon By Accident

An oversight is said to have resulted in a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35S going into a mock dogfight with its cannon loaded.

www.thedrive.com

 

[taxi1]

Future intel officer

 

[nittany03]

Future intel flag officer nominee

FTFY.

 

[Pags]

Send that man a DFC.

 

[Jim123]

Future intel officer

FTFY.

Both of you read my mind.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

No need to check pipper placement in the debrief I guess

 

[SynixMan]

Send that man a DFC.

I thought shootdowns were Silver Stars?

 

[Pags]

I thought shootdowns were Silver Stars?

Send that man whatever the awards board will approve!

 

[picklesuit]

As long as he claimed the qual in DRRS-S he gets the readiness...and that’s what’s truly important...

 

[Griz882]

Maybe it is the same pilot as this one...

Russian MiG-31 Foxhound Shot Down Its Wingman During Disastrous Live Fire Exercise

The incident raises concerns about Russian training procedures, as well as the capabilities of the MiG-31's radar and other key systems.

www.thedrive.com

Three more and he’ll be an ace!

 

[ChuckMK23]

Well the Navy did it to an Air Force F-4 ....

 

[Griz882]

Well the Navy did it to an Air Force F-4 ....

Yeah, but he probably deserved it.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Yeah, but he probably deserved it.

In a military exercise, try not to really shoot anyone

There are a couple of things that everyone going into a military exercise absolutely has to get right, and not shooting anyone is one.

www.wearethemighty.com

 

[jmcquate]

So I take just saying "Trigger Down" just doesn't cut it anymore with the Russians?

In a military exercise, try not to really shoot anyone

There are a couple of things that everyone going into a military exercise absolutely has to get right, and not shooting anyone is one.

www.wearethemighty.com

That guy showed up on an O-6 promotion list a few years back that caused quite the dust up.

 

[Pags]

So I take just saying "Trigger Down" just doesn't cut it anymore with the Russians?


That guy showed up on an O-6 promotion list a few years back that caused quite the dust up.

He was up for O7. But yes, much dust was upped.