June 20, 20178 yr F-15E Shoots Down Another Armed Drone in Syria; "The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 [unmanned aerial vehicle] was shot down by a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle at approximately 12:30 a.m. after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on Coalition forces," the command said in a release. Officials said coalition forces were patrolling an established combat outpost to the northeast of At Tanf, where they're training and advising partner ground forces in the fight against ISIS. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/06/20/f-15e-shoots-down-another-armed-drone-in-syria.html Edited June 20, 20178 yr by waveshaper
June 20, 20178 yr https://article107news.com/real-reason-navy-not-air-force-got-first-air-air-kill-since-desert-storm/
June 21, 20178 yr 8 hours ago, HuggyU2 said: https://article107news.com/real-reason-navy-not-air-force-got-first-air-air-kill-since-desert-storm/ That was pretty funny. My favorite: " I get paid to make the hard decisions, and I owe it to our gender non conforming Airpersons to make sure everyone feels special." Haha, Airpersons.
June 23, 20178 yr So if (hypothetical) there were US imbeds with the SDF on the ground there, and the SU-22 in question made runs on them resulting in the shoot down...Does that qualify as breaking the streak of "No US troops have come under air attack since the Korean War" Air Dominance tag line we always hear?
June 23, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, Lawman said: So if (hypothetical) there were US imbeds with the SDF on the ground there, and the SU-22 in question made runs on them resulting in the shoot down... Does that qualify as breaking the streak of "No US troops have come under air attack since the Korean War" Air Dominance tag line we always hear? Does this count? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/14/isis-drones-are-attacking-u-s-troops-and-disrupting-airstrikes-in-raqqa-officials-say/?utm_term=.5042b8070eee
June 23, 20178 yr 41 minutes ago, FourFans130 said: Does this count? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/14/isis-drones-are-attacking-u-s-troops-and-disrupting-airstrikes-in-raqqa-officials-say/?utm_term=.5042b8070eee One more to add to the "does this count" list? Five A-37's, flown by a RVNAF defector and some VPAF pilots, bombed/strafed Tan Son Nhut Air Base? On the afternoon of April 28, 1975, Trung (RVNAF defector) led a flight of five A-37 fighter-bombers against Tan Son Nhut Air Base, which temporarily stopped U.S. and South Vietnamese evacuation efforts. Luckily only 3 AC-119s and several C-47s were destroyed. Also, defector Trung preferred to use the F-5 for Presidential Palace bombing missions.
June 23, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, FourFans130 said: Does this count? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/14/isis-drones-are-attacking-u-s-troops-and-disrupting-airstrikes-in-raqqa-officials-say/?utm_term=.5042b8070eee That definitely counts.
June 23, 20178 yr Does the US Navy count as "Ground Troops"? The 1972 Battle of Dong Hoi. One MiG-17F scored a direct hit on the destroyer USS Higbee with a BETAB-250 (250 kg/551 lb) bomb, after failing to hit its target twice on two previous attack runs. The explosion destroyed the aft 5-inch (127 mm) gun mount. Another MiG-17 simultaneously aimed its bombs at the cruiser USS Oklahoma City but it was a near miss and only caused minor damage to the ships stern. Total US casualties = 4. Also, Turkey has made a few attempts recently to bomb/shell/attack US backed SDF troops (with US forces in close proximity to these attacks) in Syria. It might be time to update Article 5 to cover how NATO will respond when one NATO country attacks forces from another NATO country. Edited June 23, 20178 yr by waveshaper
June 23, 20178 yr Good stuff.See I feel like the guys that keep spouting that mantra ought to do a better job of shutting up and highlighting incidents like this.Probably the worst enemy of our continued evolution and reinvestment into the force is our own "we are invincible!" PR campaign. Even amongst our own commanders I can tell you a high population of the Army leadership simply doesn't even view air superiority as something we will ever go to war without much less a trend we should keep allocating research toward improving.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
June 23, 20178 yr 41 minutes ago, Lawman said: Good stuff. See I feel like the guys that keep spouting that mantra ought to do a better job of shutting up and highlighting incidents like this. Probably the worst enemy of our continued evolution and reinvestment into the force is our own "we are invincible!" PR campaign. Even amongst our own commanders I can tell you a high population of the Army leadership simply doesn't even view air superiority as something we will ever go to war without much less a trend we should keep allocating research toward improving. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Bravo
June 23, 20178 yr Saw an article that the first shot (AIM-9X) missed but the AIM-120 second shot hit.
June 24, 20178 yr Got to watch the HUD video today, deff worth hitting up your intel shop, just for the pure "f**k ya!!" Factor. Edited June 24, 20178 yr by viper154
June 24, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, ThreeHoler said: Saw an article that the first shot (AIM-9X) missed but the AIM-120 second shot hit. Gives a little more meaning to: "Copy shot...pK miss." "Copy second shot...copy kill"
June 24, 20178 yr Got to watch the HUD video today, deff worth hitting up your intel shop, just for the pure "f**k ya!!" Factor. Not to mention getting your daily dose of "Merica!" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
June 26, 20178 yr Open source speculations are always fun. https://www.combataircraft.net/2017/06/23/how-did-a-30-year-old-su-22-defeat-a-modern-aim-9x/ Also a neat quick read about the red eagles from an embedded link on that page (where did Steve Davies go?): https://aviationweek.com/blog/we-didn-t-know-what-90-percent-switches-did
June 27, 20178 yr On 6/26/2017 at 8:11 AM, FourFans130 said: Also a neat quick read about the red eagles from an embedded link on that page (where did Steve Davies go?): Lurking.
July 25, 20178 yr On 6/23/2017 at 3:58 PM, ThreeHoler said: Saw an article that the first shot (AIM-9X) missed but the AIM-120 second shot hit. Assessment of this is on the Air Dominance blog on SIPR.
July 25, 20178 yr 12 hours ago, Breckey said: Assessment of this is on the Air Dominance blog on SIPR. Do us all a favor and post the link on the BaseOps SIPRNET Intellipedia page (yes, there is one!)...
July 26, 20178 yr Sometimes I feel like the SIPRNet is like the dark web...if you don't know where you're going, you ain't going anywhere fast.BendySent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums
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