Nobody detected this plane lurking about with the Russians again, did they?
Posted on 05/22/2019 7:16:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
It is good training for our jocks and the F-22 needs to be flown in real intercepts to evaluate it’s performance. Your whining is an irritant and the USAF will continue to fly. Homeland defense is one of the core responsibilities of the feds. Get over it.
...I am sorry, but you must have the Virginia Air National Guard (VaANG) confused with another Air Guard unit. The 192d Fighter Wing of the VaANG never flew the famous F-106 figher. For many years into the 1960s, we flew the Republic F-84; in the very early 1970s, we transitioned to the fabled F-105 “Thunderchief” and in the early 1980s, transitioned again to the A-7 “Corsair II.” In 1990 or 1991, the unit transitioned again to the Block 30 F-16 “Fighting Falcon.” In 2007 or so, the unit transitioned yet again to the F-22 “Raptor” which it
now flies out of Langley AFB, Virginia....
I am going on an old memory from the early 1980s. It was an article in the Virginian Pilot newspaper. I worked with a girl who was in the Virginia Air National Guard. I remember her shoulder patch had a Confederate flag on it.
I guess I could be mistaken but it sure seems like I remember it that way.
If we had four airworthy F-106s, that would actually be a good stunt to pull. The Russians would be wondering what we were up to. :-)
Back in the 60s a Cuban bi-plane crop duster flew all the way from Cuba to Eglin AFB. That is a long way.
For some reason Eglin’s radar did not pick it up. They didn’t know it was there until it landed. For several months they flew it around checking it out etc.
Blah, the Russians aren’t doing it right. The southern border, Commrade, the southern border.
Mathias Rust?..................
Maybe we could get them to practice drop some bombs while they are at it..............
It's whining if I disagree with your view? I thought if was freedom of speech.
I'm not alone. There are conservatives who 100% support a military whose job it is to protect and defend our borders. But we don't support the Masters of War, who always have a reason for war but never a reason for peace.
We have a boundary called the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). It’s a two hundred mile buffer where we can go out and identify a threat before it hits our shores.
Could be a bomber or could be an airliner off course. Better to intercept and see what it is out there instead of over a target.
No-No They were both Swamp Gas reflecting Jupiter.
...your recollection about that patch is spot on... for many many years, that was the official insignia of the unit...a circle with a stylized Confederate flag in it, an eagle on the top with a machine gun in one claw and a bomb in the other. That insignia was banished forever when some member of the unit complained about the symbolism of the Confedrate flag...reminded him of .... slavery or....something...I served in the VaANG for some 22 years and retired many years ago; I still miss the sound of jet engines....
...agreed...that was one fine airplane, although I never got to work on it...a bit before my time in service...but I did work with an older TSgt who did work on F-106s...how many of you now “long in the tooth” ex-F-106 ground crew and “wrench-benders” remeber this.....”DOORS....!!”...?
Is that border an international thing? Does Russia have a 200 mile ADIZ, too? My comments are about whether or not there’s hypocrisy.
According to wiki: About 20 countries and regions now have such zones including Canada, India, Japan, Pakistan, Norway and the United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, Sweden, Iceland and more. Russia and North Korea have unofficial ADIZs as well. Usually such zones only cover undisputed territory, do not apply to foreign aircraft not intending to enter territorial airspace, and do not overlap.
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