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2018-03-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

The investigation found that the pilots who abandoned the crashed F-16 did not defend themselves as required

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Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-03-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 The control and control

Possibly Command and Control?
Silly Google.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-03 04:15|| 2018-03-03 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 silly reporter? "Automatic assault bullets" - level understanding?

Posted by Frank G 2018-03-03 04:45|| 2018-03-03 04:45|| Front Page Top

#3 ...I'm thinking that the pilot - frankly - got rattled, got behind the curve, and was too busy trying not to get dead to remember to use the tools the IAF gave him.

There is some footage from Desert Storm (not sure if it's online; I saw it at a 20FW briefing in the late 90s) that shows in grim detail what happens when the SAMs get overwhelming. The pilot is pressing on; that's what they do. His voice is sheer, 100%, triple distilled panic.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-03-03 07:30|| 2018-03-03 07:30|| Front Page Top

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