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August 16, 2023, 12:38 AM
weiser09
Yeah. This was back when the pilot was a TOPGUN instructor I believe.
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Originally posted by LS1 GTO: The aggressor squadron?
August 16, 2023, 02:25 AM
corsair
Jell-O was an instructor at TOPGUN. The F-16N which is what he's flying, was flown by the Navy's three aggressor squadrons and TOPGUN. They were quite the hot rod with very slick fuselages and the new (at the time) GE engine.
August 16, 2023, 05:49 AM
4MUL8R
He is missing starboard aim9.
Wonder why helmet has fabric cover? To appear more like enemy?
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August 16, 2023, 09:01 AM
Expert308
When I saw the thread title I thought "WTF, the Navy doesn't fly F-16's!" The Aggressor angle didn't occur to me. I always thought the aggressors flew A-4's, but I guess the A-4 is probably a little outdated now. Hey, at least they aren't flying surplus MIG-23's.
August 16, 2023, 11:34 AM
corsair
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Originally posted by Expert308: When I saw the thread title I thought "WTF, the Navy doesn't fly F-16's!" The Aggressor angle didn't occur to me. I always thought the aggressors flew A-4's, but I guess the A-4 is probably a little outdated now. Hey, at least they aren't flying surplus MIG-23's.
The first batch of F-16's the Navy received was the N-model, the idea was to mimick Soviet gen-4 fighters which the A-4 couldn't do, and to start phasing-out the older A-4s and F-5s early 90's. They flew them to the point that they literally bent the airframes so they had to be retired around mid-90's due to lots of cracking and fracturing. The Navy eventually got another batch of F-16's from the USAF about 20-years ago, C-models, and have been flying those since, along with F-5 and F-18's for adversary training.
August 16, 2023, 11:42 AM
HRK
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Wonder why helmet has fabric cover? To appear more like enemy?
Perhaps to eliminate reflection off of the gloss helmet coating
August 16, 2023, 04:23 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by 4MUL8R: He is missing starboard aim9.
Wonder why helmet has fabric cover? To appear more like enemy?
protect the lens underneath and glare reduction
cool factor but that's fighter pilot stuff
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
August 16, 2023, 04:46 PM
navyshooter
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Originally posted by HRK:
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Wonder why helmet has fabric cover? To appear more like enemy?
Perhaps to eliminate reflection off of the gloss helmet coating
Our Helo pilots had desert camo coverings on their helmets incase they went down in not so friendly areas. Its a bad idea to have reflective helmets if your trying to hide.
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