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'?
As long as we're telling stories on ourselves...
When brand new to the F-111E, an overly trusting pilot gave me the stick while low level over the Netherlands. I saw a couple of A-10s off to the side on a parallel course. Old habits (F-4) die hard - I slammed both throttles into AB and started a roll intending to get to their 6. As we were inverted in full blower while low level in the Netherlands, the now no longer trusting pilot grabbed the controls and debriefed at the top of his lungs:
1 - No BFM low level
2 - No AB allowed over the Netherlands
3 - Slamming a 111 engine into AB is a great way to get a flame-out; doing both at once is a great way to flame out BOTH engines
4 - Double engine flameouts at low level aren't fun
and 5 - just what in the hell are you going to do if you get behind a couple of A-10s...yell at them over the radios?!!!
The remaining flight back to England was kinda quiet. Me for shame, him for fury.
BTW - once was crewed with a pilot who matched me for not liking to talk in flight. We quickly agreed to run checklists by pointing and nodding. On one 7 hour flight over south Iraq, neither of us said a word the entire sortie. As we climbed out at the end, he gave me a thumbs up & I nodded. It was a great sortie!