Our two Phantoms came off target in formation. Quickly I pushed my wing man back into combat spread. We weren’t done by a long shot. “Beaver, picture between Shantini and Texaco?” Texaco was the KC-135 inflight refueler orbiting 200 miles …
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Phantom Attack (part 4)
Leland Shanle
Posted in Aviator book series, Blog, Book, Featured, Military, Naval Aviation, Vengeance
Tagged with: ACM, air combat, dog fighting, f-18, F-18 hornet, F-4, F-4 Phantom II, F-4N, F-4S, fleetx, fox 2, gun kill, hornet, Naval Aviation, navy, navy fighters, Phantom, Phantom 2, Phantom II, radar lock, top gun, usn, War at sea
Phantom Attack (part 3)
Leland Shanle
Posted in Asides, Aviator book series, Blog, flight test, Military, Naval Aviation, Vengeance
BLUEBIRD transmitted over the shot common frequency meant an Aegis Class Cruiser had entered the fight. Not good! The Aegis class was an SM-2-ER shooter, a particularly nasty Surface to Air Missile (SAM). The Spy 1 radar system could literally …
Tagged with: ACM, air combat, dog fighting, F-4, F-4 Phantom II, F-4N, F-4S, fleetx, fox 2, gun kill, navy, navy fighters, Phantom, Phantom 2, Phantom II, radar lock, top gun, usn, War at sea
Phantom Phlashback…in the Phight! (part 2)
“Bloodhound 101, LA Center, switch Beaver control 354.5” “Flight go.” I dialed the manual frequency in the UHF radio. “Beaver Control, Bloodhound 101 flight of four Phantoms checking in for your control.” “Roger Bloodhound, squawk 1001, have your section leader …
Tagged with: ACM, air combat, dog fighting, F-4, F-4 Phantom II, F-4N, F-4S, fox 2, gun kill, navy, navy fighters, Phantom, Phantom 2, Phantom II, radar lock, top gun, usn
Phantom II Plashback (part 1)
“Tower, Bloodhound 101, flight of four, take off.” “Bloodhound 101, Point Mugu tower, you are clear to take off runway 11.” I tapped my helmet over the ear then held up 5 fingers to switch my flight to button 5 …
Tagged with: ACM, air combat, dog fighting, F-4, F-4 Phantom II, F-4N, F-4S, navy, navy fighters, Phantom, Phantom 2, Phantom II, top gun, usn