F-16s Intercept 75 Year Old Pilot
08-18-2011, 09:34 AM
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If the Marines are still doing it, this is the first I've heard of it. I had some CO's and old crusty DH's in the fleet that had trained to it way before my time, all said they hated it. I couldn't tell you how long it's been since the RAG taught it. They're scared enough letting CAT 1's do it during the day.
I sure that the RAGS did not teach it from 1994 on through 2010. Like you said - doing LATT with someone who has 25 hrs in the Hornet was interesting enough, plus the RAGs didn't even start introducing NVGs until the 2000 timeframe or so.
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08-19-2011, 07:26 AM
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Re: F-16s Intercept 75 Year Old Pilot
What I think is odd is a person who is so obviously uneducated in this particular area of practice, who seems to be a conspiracy theorist, or worse case - trolling web boards, keeps coming back for virtual lashings, and continues to show the rest of us his/her misguided ramblings.
As we spend hundreds of billions of dollars on our national security apparatus every year, don't you think it's strange that, even having rehearsed the very scenario, our superior forces fall totally flat when the flag goes up?
Well, the Chairmen and Vice Chairman of the 9-11 commission have stated in writing that they believe they were lied to by the Pentagon, NORAD and the FAA:
Fog of war could explain why some people were confused on the day of 9/11, but it could not explain why all of the after-action reports, accident investigations and public testimony by FAA and NORAD officials advanced an account of 9/11 that was untrue...
08-19-2011, 08:04 AM
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Ask and answered.
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08-19-2011, 01:43 PM
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Is that what's happening here - I'm being virtually lashed? Shouldn't there be some virtual pain with a virtual lashing?
As we spend hundreds of billions of dollars on our national security apparatus every year, don't you think it's strange that, even having rehearsed the very scenario, our superior forces fall totally flat when the flag goes up?
Well, the Chairmen and Vice Chairman of the 9-11 commission have stated in writing that they believe they were lied to by the Pentagon, NORAD and the FAA:
9/11 panel's book assails Pentagon - US news - Security - msnbc.com
As we spend hundreds of billions of dollars on our national security apparatus every year, don't you think it's strange that, even having rehearsed the very scenario, our superior forces fall totally flat when the flag goes up?
Well, the Chairmen and Vice Chairman of the 9-11 commission have stated in writing that they believe they were lied to by the Pentagon, NORAD and the FAA:
9/11 panel's book assails Pentagon - US news - Security - msnbc.com
You seriously just quoted MSNBC as your reference, on something military/defense related? Maybe you should listen to the guys on this board that have actually flown fighers and stood alert, rather than a bunch of reporters getting their facts from wikipedia.
08-19-2011, 04:41 PM
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(That's not a good thing, by the way)
08-20-2011, 07:42 AM
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Mod Note:
I know who those two guys are and I also know this thread has drifted too far and too long from the original topic of F-16s intercepting a little old lady.
Find something non-political to discuss.
Thread closed.
I know who those two guys are and I also know this thread has drifted too far and too long from the original topic of F-16s intercepting a little old lady.
Find something non-political to discuss.
Thread closed.
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