For Phantom Phans

Herr-Berbunch · 03-13-14, 05:53 PM

One claimed a kill on a Jag in Germany. The Phantom was on QRA from Wildenwrath and on RTB it spotted a Jag to play with but the pilot got too carried away and forgot he had live weapons.

As if firing an AIM-9 wasn't expensive enough, an AIM-9 and a Jaguar would be quite expensive (although the rate we were losing the early Harriers means in reality it was quite negligable!).

The Jag pilot ejected safely, but I'd guess at very shocked (he also ejected a few months later).

The Phantom crew were court martialled (unfairly by many peoples' reckoning), as usual it was an accumulation of errors (such as running out of red sticky tape to highlight live weapons).

Still, the Grumman F11F test pilot who shot himself down has to have the best record for blue-on-blue.

Oh, and no thread about Phantoms can not have the obligatory photo of a Wing Commander's final flight after a major service at St Athan.

03-13-14, 05:53 PM	#13
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	One claimed a kill on a Jag in Germany. The Phantom was on QRA from Wildenwrath and on RTB it spotted a Jag to play with but the pilot got too carried away and forgot he had live weapons. As if firing an AIM-9 wasn't expensive enough, an AIM-9 and a Jaguar would be quite expensive (although the rate we were losing the early Harriers means in reality it was quite negligable!). The Jag pilot ejected safely, but I'd guess at very shocked (he also ejected a few months later). The Phantom crew were court martialled (unfairly by many peoples' reckoning), as usual it was an accumulation of errors (such as running out of red sticky tape to highlight live weapons). Still, the Grumman F11F test pilot who shot himself down has to have the best record for blue-on-blue. Oh, and no thread about Phantoms can not have the obligatory photo of a Wing Commander's final flight after a major service at St Athan. __________________