Oh suuuure. Lets get ol Rock to air his dirty laundry in public so we can beat him over the head with it whenever the opportunity arises in the future. Let's just say what should have been one of the funnest sorties ever turned into a real humility lesson. Put one young wingman in a fast jet, and tell him to go meet a couple A-10's flown by an instructor introducing his wingman to 2 ship air to air tactics. I pounced from behind in full blower just under the Mach and watched in horror as two A-10's demonstrated a really exceptional turn rate. I was gunned before I could make it to the merge. Nobody told me those guys could gun you two miles out! Then there was the problem of working my way into a 1 mile diameter "circle of Hogs" rotating at 150 knots. Live and learn. That's why we train isn't it? ;)
Let me refresh....
"If you get low and slow and the bogey is this-a-way, you punch it and go that-a-way! If he is blind and doesn't hose your ass, you can Emmel back with energy, but then, you were stupid to get low and slow, so you probably should just keep going."
Training cant cure stupid. Know thy enemy. That's a 30' not a 20' gun.
Okay, thats enough.
But to be fair, you are right. Guess who holds the record for over-stressing main gear on a cruise? Guess who caught a 4-wire while comp-stalling both engines? (thank you 4-wire) Guess who on a TARPS run made a sound like a puppy yelping after getting lit-up-locked in a cloud over Bosnia because RIO called Missile? (no missile)I still pay people in beer to not repeat that sound. So, I wont call you low-slow, and you dont call me 'Arf'?