Originally Posted By: scrim
Pretty sure they didn't have chaff on fighters in '72, and the SAC bomber pilots were threatened with court martial if they took evasive manoeuvres.


F-4 fighters dropped chaff bombs.
(they had great difficulty to climb to the B-52 altitude with that load)

Last edited by Hpasp; 08/12/14 08:21 AM.

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