Story
from the 4th of August - 2001: Blue on Blue, Skylark
on Sparrow
Written
by Sparrow
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Yeah,
Sir, weird it was indeed.
I
remembered going in at full afterburner. Ahead
of me, winglead called "weapons away"
and he had a hard left hand turn. Then his wingie
called that the target was destroyed. I guess
he didn't drop his bombs but saw that as he made
a hard right hand turn.
I
dropped my bombs, releasing chaff and flares,
afraid of being shot by triple A. I asked for
my wingie, but she had some comms with the winglead.
Can't remember the topics. Anyway, I mad a hard
left hand turn too and followed the winglead on
the way home. He and my wingie kept talking but
comms were bad and I couldn't understand a word.
Nevertheless, I was glad she was still alive.
I felt a little responsible for her.
After
a while I asked AWACS for a picture. AWACS responded
that there were MIG 25 at our tails and approaching.
I made a hard right hand 180 degree turn, calling
this to the flight. From that moment on, everything
got really fast. I got a solid lock and fired
an AIM 120. "Fox three", I called.
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It
was amazing that the Slammer didn't explode in the
vicinity of the bandit. Nevertheless, I switched
to the heat and got a solid lock. "Fox two".
I saw the missile leave the rail and got blinded
for a second.
But this missile missed the bastard too. With a
hard right hand turn, I got behind this bandit and
locked him with an AMRAAM. "Fox three".
This time, I saw the AMRAAM hitting the bandit in
the tail. I called "Splash bandit" and
felt excited although I just killed a human being.
I didn't see any chute. Then I realized that the
wingman of this bandit was still in the air, perhaps
at my tail. I made a hard right hand turn and this
one hurt.
I
locked a plane but saw from the transponder it
was a friend. Then I saw another plane and locked
it. I was confusing at that time. The transponder
read a bandit but I wasn't sure. I followed the
plane in a lag pursuit. At once I saw a sidewinder
impact in the plane. The bastard! I lost my temper
and followed the bandit. I gave him a burst with
the cannon right up into the tail.
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was sure that nailed him. "Splash two".
I saw a chute and for a moment, the remnants of
the plane just flew straight ahead, but I had no
time to think, perhaps it was a threeship. I continued
my right hand turn and asked AWACS for a picture.
AWACS reported bandits at 40 miles, so no bandits
in the vicinity. I picked up the coarse to homeplate
and found the wingleader at my twelve o'clock. I
started communicating with him. I also called my
wingman, but no joy at that moment.
I
followed the coarse to homeplate and the blips
on my scope got nearer. I locked the nearest bandit
and locked it up. The transponder confirmed a
bandit but I asked AWACS to confirm it too. They
did. A fourship. I fired an AMRAAM. "Fox
three". I saw the AMRAMM leaving the rail.
It was beautiful. Quickly, I disengaged the bandit
and locked another. "Fox three", I called.
Things became serious this time.
I
heard bitching Betty screaming for Archers inbound.
I relieved chaff and flares until the Missile
inbound light went off.
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saw the first AMRAAM impact the bandit. "Splash
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bandits broke through the defense and was approaching
very fast. I had just one heat and one radar left.
I locked him in the vertical mode and got a solid
lock. I pressed the button and saw the AMRAAM
leaving the rail. I was lucky this time. No stickers.
"Fox three". AT that time I heard my
wingman screaming. She was hit by two Archers.
I got really angry. Why didn't she join up with
the flight? I felt responsible for her. I had
no time to think about it. There were still two
bandits in the air.
I saw two AMRAAM leaving the rail of the lead
to the bandits at my twelve o'clock.
To the left I saw the chute of my wingie and the
bandit who shot her. The bandit was turning in
hot.
I saw him shooting two Archers at the winglead
and two at his wingman. Then I saw Cowboy 12 shooting
AMRAAM. There were missiles all over there. All
the missiles missed and decided to turn in hot.
The bandit nailed my wingman, so I had to punish
him for it. I saw that Cowboy 12 was busy in a
dogfight. I decided to back up Cowboy 12. If Cowboy
12 wasn't successful in splashing this bandit,
I was.
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Cowboy
13 (me) approaching the battle area in a good position
to nail the bandit who
splashed my wingman. The turn circle of Cowboy 12
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dogfight worked out to be bad for Cowboy12. Approaching
the battle area, I had a good position in lag pursuit
of the bandits tail. "Engaged offensive",
I called. The moment I got into the turn circle
of the bandit I heard Screaming Betty calling "missile
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kept on release chaffs and flares but suddenly I
felt the impact of a missile. I had no control of
my bird anymore and decided to eject.
The
next moment I remember something was hanging on
the chute and calling for a rescue chopper.
This
is my story.
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