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The Great Growler Gallery

A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
pilot
Contributor
...The ironic part, some of the pilots chose Predators because they didn't want to fly an old POS. At least that is what some of the USAF pilots who were in Whidbey said.....
That would be a bullshit decision on anyone's part. That would be a HUGE mistake and would betray a true lack of dedication, headwork AND airmanship on anyone's part ...

I kinda wonder if they weren't all that "stellar" in the cockpit to begin with (?) ... mebbe some:
"HEY, who cares -- I'd RATHER fly drones, anyway ... " - as it sounds like somemajor rationalization is at work here ... ??? :)
 

ChuckMK23

FERS and TSP contributor!
pilot
Growler Power: EA-18G boasts F-22 kill

An EA-18G "got lucky" and killed another F-22 with an AIM-120 AMRAAM in a simulated combat exercise over at Nellis AFB

See the full story here

Pics below :)

This will be an interesting thread!

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Tyler

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pilot
Contributor
Nice.

Here's the "story" that goes along with that T-38 video.
from liveleak.com:

Stephen Trimble?master of all things flying?has found this video that apparently shows a T-38 training fighter shooting down the theoretically invincible F-22 Raptor in a combat training exercise?first kill documented on video ever.

It's not the first time it has happened, however: An EA-18G?a modified F/A-18 F Super Hornet Block II?"got lucky" and killed another F-22 with an AIM-1 More..20 AMRAAM in a simulated combat exercise over at Nellis AFB?something that Stephen confirmed himself.

However, this time instead of a high-tech EA-18G, the killer plane was this:

A humble T-38 training jet, piloted by a trainer on a combat training exercise over an unidentified air space. And it killed this:

An F-22 Raptor, the most advanced air fighter in the planet.

Stephen says that this doesn't mean much, except that?if it was really a T-38, the pilot was "either absurdly lucky or insanely skilled." Here's hoping all those Chinese and Russians flying next-generation fighters don't get either lucky or skilled anytime soon.
Gizmodo

From:flightglobal.com

The facts are a bit sketchy here. This clip was posted to YouTube on 18 April by an anonymous user named "d43e49". The video identifies the attacking aircraft as a T-38, but it's not confirmed by anything shown within the clip. At the 35-sec mark, the F-22's shape is clearly visible as it emerges above the target sight after the kill.

As far as I know, this is the first video clip of a simulated F-22 shootdown to reach the public domain. That is newsworthy by itself. Let's also be very clear: a single simulated kill without context says nothing meaningful about the F-22's dogfighting or aerial prowess. Even an EA-18G can apparently get lucky once.

If a T-38 was really involved, then congratulations to the pilot. Your are either absurdly lucky or insanely skilled.
 

HeyJoe

Fly Navy! ...or USMC
None
Super Moderator
Contributor
SECNAV (Acting) = former Prowler Pilot of the Year

In case nobody noticed, the Honorable BJ Penn, the Asst SECNAV for Installations and Environment (ASN I&E) has been the Acting Secretary of the Navy since departure of Secretary Winters in mid March. Notable to AW and the Prowler types is he was Prowler pilot of the year in 1972 and later commanded VAQ-33. Full bio.

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090516-N-5549O-086 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 16, 2009) Acting Secretary of the Navy the Honorable BJ Penn addresses hundreds of guests during the christening ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Gravely (DDG-107) at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)
 

Pugs

Back from the range
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Neat. I served with him as a judge with the USFIRST robotics program at the Chesapeake Regional competition (held at USNA every year) a couple years ago. Was a very nice guy and we had a nice conversation about the Prowler in VN over lunch.
 

A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
pilot
Contributor
....Notable to AW and the Prowler types is he was Prowler pilot of the year in 1972 and later commanded VAQ-33.
Wow ... never heard of him, never saw him -- and we might have occupied opposite ends of the NUW ramp @ that time ... on reflection, I guess we really didn't know too many of the EA-6 squadron types during their stand-up formative years, other than our Air Wing 'VAQ sister squadron' ...

Good to have a 'real guy' getting one of the bureaucratic seats.
 

nittany03

Recovering NFO. Herder of Programmers.
pilot
None
Super Moderator
Contributor
It wasn't renamed according to the article.

Rhino : Super Hornet :: Grizzly : Growler
 
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