[IYAS9YAS]

There used to be ground following RADAR systems on F-111s.

Way back in the late '80's a couple of low-flying EF-111s from Mountain Home AFB in Idaho scared the crap out of me. I was driving between Idaho and Bend, OR to go see my grandmother when my radar detector went nuts. Then two big shadows engulfed my car one right after the other. I thought I was about to be abducted by aliens. They were just flying the valley with their terrain-following radar. Glad they were ours.

[vetvetdoug]

In Japan near an USAF base we used to play “Army” and used the fields near the base to play. There were trenches for training and it made the event even more entertaining. One day a couple of Japan AF F-86’s decided to give us a thrill by making strafing runs over us. I could see the faces of the pilots they were so low.