Posted on 03/02/2012 11:28:44 AM PST by EnjoyingLife
I heard that Chuck Norris sleeps with a nightlight on 'cause the dark is scared of him.
Sorry AA, but if you analyze the photos that went with that “kill” and know the details of what that HUD displays you can see that it was nothing but an opportune snap shot of a passing F-22 after the fight was over. Airspeed, AOA and other parameters are such that the Hornet is out of airspeed, energy, HCA. and AOA to be pulling any lead on his shot.
I can give you lots of pipper kills for passing bogies like this one. One can get lots of easy kills after the Knock It Off call. The Air Force guys aren’t going to risk a quarter-billion dollar airframe for an ego trip.
Urban legend - never happened.
Even the Phantom could do a vertical climb. Light on fuel, not combat equipped. Saw it done at Pax River.
This was before the first F-14 was delivered.
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