We are working on the future of Yankee Air Pirate, as you may have guessed. One thing we don't know is if you actually read the briefings and fly the missions. The briefings are...well...brief. But the missions are detailed and challenging. We assume the First Person Shooter gamers will not be interested in reliving a real flight, but we don't know that either.
So, I re-flew one of our missions and was amazed at how good this stuff is. This one is a mission flown by Gary Retterbush in an F-4E. Major Retterbush made TWO MiG-21 gun kills in a Phantom. Something like that should make him a known name in aviation but for some reason, it never happened. On his previous combat tour, he was a 100-mission Thud pilot...another important milestone. I have spoken with him to get his input on his missions and his feel for the missions. Air to air is somewhat odd in WOV but the ones we included are more realistic. Getting a gun kill in this one requires you to hit the KC-135 and get enough fuel to maneuver at full tilt and the situational awareness to work for the angle on the more nimble MiG. (If you run low, you can hit the tanker on your way back to Korat.)
First some pictures.
On station as escort for Chevy flight.
Blue Bandit call.
Jettison tanks. Light the AB. Green 'em up.
G's.
Gun kill.
RTB. And, yes, this is what they do when you bring home a scalp.
Then, these questions:
Did you fly this?
How much fuel did you take on at the tanker?
Did you go to missiles or make a gun kill?
Did you fly it all the way to landing?
Pop the drag chute?
Drop it off the runway?
See the party?
We are also curious to find out if our customers check this forum. We have lots of customers but almost no postings from them aside for requests for tech assistance.
Thanks.