How To Win In A Dogfight: Stories From A Pilot Who Flew F-16s And MiGs

Foxtrot Alpha ^ | 03 February 2015 | Tyler Rogoway

[sukhoi-30mki]

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Aircraft is among the highest forms of art.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Must read this later.

[edpc]

It's a good article with a lot of interesting information/insight. However, the first part of the title can be summed up in 3 words: Speed is life.

He reinforces that old flying adage indirectly many times in his examples.

[Azeem]

He picked the Viper over the Hog?

[jsanders2001]

It’s a very long article and somewhat interesting....if you’re a pilot

[Bucky14]

There is an old USAF video called ‘How to Survive Your Friendly Air Defenses.” Someone out there has got to have a copy.

[riverdawg]

Very interesting interview with a guy who knows first-hand the strengths and weaknesses of key front-line aircraft. To me, his most telling statements were

1. The MiG-29 isn't nearly as capable as many in the West thought.

2. The F-22 line should be restarted.

[ryan71]

Most excellent reading. Thanks!

[ryan71]

3. And the F-35 dropped.

[mcshot]

And his question regarding the F35: “Why did they build such a pig”.

[Chainmail]

An excellent read.

[skinkinthegrass]

THANKS!

[Skooz]

bfl

[virgil283]

Thanks.. very good article on A/C and tactics.

"It was found that thrust vectoring was really only useful at speeds below 250 knots" -- I've wondered about this and this explains a lot...(however I say ---Fly Navy)

[Hot Tabasco]

That’s a pretty amazing life that guy led........

[GBA]

And his question regarding the F35: “Why did they build such a pig”.

Because they don't build F-105s any more?

[GreyFriar]

dogfight ping

[real saxophonist]

Bump

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

13 of my classmates had been selected for one of the ultimate USAF screw jobs, First-Assignment Instructor Pilot, and were staying at Laughlin to instruct in T-37s and T-38s.

FAIPs. The equivalent of letting someone who just finished drivers ed…teach drivers ed. I had 2Lt FAIPs that couldn’t even demo maneuvers in the Tweet. Most were pissed that they didn’t get the fighter that they “earned”. They had no concept of how the operational USAF works. Useless.