[bunkerhill7]

Friendly Fire shootdown because there is no red white & blue
Star n bar on these F15’s. Indistinguishable from a MiG29 at high speed.It’s all grey. Even my cat can figure this one out ..At least Normandy P47’s had 3 white wing stripes. They could at least paint the tail or wings yellow or red and go 7700 ...Whoo is in charge of this nonsense?

[GMThrust]

Really? First we don’t know why they shot them down-bad IFF mode(s), not comss with their hq, not read in on the missions, aircraft involved... I always thought that painting stripes on the planes was counter-productive, i.e. everyone knew what to look for to target and what stopped the enemy from doing the same? That’s why we are grilled about aircraft and ground systems visual recognition.

[Ditto]

Star n bar on these F15’s. Indistinguishable from a MiG29 at high speed.It’s all grey. Even my cat can figure this one out ..At least Normandy P47’s had 3 white wing stripes. They could at least paint the tail or wings yellow or red and go 7700 ...Whoo is in charge of this nonsense?

I don’t think they are squinting through the sites of an 88 mm anti aircraft gun anymore.

[Hot Tabasco]

Friendly Fire shootdown because there is no red white & blue

Air defense systems are no longer sight activated so any visual observation is non existant.

Friendlies are identified via whatever IFF frequency they are broadcasting.