Agreed. Top gun pilots just lose control and eject, apparently.Hats off to the pilot for hanling it well.
It is Top Gun Canon that USN jets lose control and must be ejected from, if they lose one of two engines. There is apparently no NATOPs procedure to save the fighter…Agreed. Top gun pilots just lose control and eject, apparently.
And the canon efficacy that cannons work in dogfight that actually occurr.It is Top Gun Canon that USN jets lose control and must be ejected from, if they lose one of two engine. There is apparently no NATOPs procedure to save the fighter…
There is no kill like a guns kill, apparently…And the canon efficacy that cannons work in dogfight that actually occurr.
2022 CF-18 demo had a birdstrike while performing in Michigan this week.
RCAF CF-18 Demo Pilot Saves Aircraft After Real-Life 'Top Gun' Incident at AirshowView attachment 71320
There is no kill like a guns kill, apparently…
In Top Gun land, BVR missiles do not exist…
2022 CF-18 demo had a birdstrike while performing in Michigan this week.
RCAF CF-18 Demo Pilot Saves Aircraft After Real-Life 'Top Gun' Incident at AirshowView attachment 71320
If by "team" you mean one jet, then yes.Wait a minute... we actually have a Canadian Forces CF-18 Demonstration Team, and it's not called the 'Snowbirds'?
So which 2* gets to be Team Captain?If by "team" you mean one jet, then yes.
But I guess if you're talking about personnel, then yes it's a team.
a formation of MALDs presenting the returns of F-15E Strike Eagles closing in on a potential target, as one example, could draw a great deal of focus while stealthy F-35s flying at higher altitudes deploy munitions at the same target.
Don't even need to do that. The MQ-9A Reaper has already successfully test-fired A2A missiles.How about the production of weaponized drones by companies like Kratos that have been building EW target drones for decades?
Don't even need to do that. The MQ-9A Reaper has already successfully test-fired A2A missiles.
(A2A = Air to Air)
Completely spitballing here, but it's not a huge leap to put an A2A radar and load it up as a "missile truck" to complement crewed fighters, or use as a "defensive barrier". Probably more stuff too but those are the two A2A roles off the top of my head.
Cost, capability, delivery date... all tend to be "creative".Kirkhill, I would not take any Defence Contractor’s press release on cost at face value…
Kirkhill, I would not take any Defence Contractor’s press releaseon costat face value…
Russians had a hell of a time taking a Ukrainian position, machine gun would be silenced. Finally take it only to find out it was a BTR turret being controlled remotely. Ingenious.