Caesar Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Or rather a Sparrow that hasn't yet armed itself... These screens show multiple angles of the same shot; as my flight (2 F-14A, 2 F-8J) closed on the three remaining MiG-19's in the opposing flight, I fired an AIM-7 at the MiG seen in Angle 2 (4-o'clock high to my Tomcat). But as the AIM-7 left the fuselage rail, it slammed into another MiG-19 that was flying just below me, striking and destroying the MiG-19 literally right underneath my airplane; it destroyed him without exploding, and there was no damage done to my Tomcat. The darn thing's rocket motor had barely even fired!
+Fubar512 Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 LOL...I had a similar experience with a Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was one of my wingmen that had strayed into it's flightpath.
serverandenforcer Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Just curious, what did the after-action review say? Was it declared as a miss or did it confirm it as a hit?
Caesar Posted September 10, 2008 Author Posted September 10, 2008 AAR said it was a hit and a kill, just kind of funny that the missile hit the wrong aircraft, or rather, the wrong aircraft hit the missile!
Kirsten Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 In the Congo an helicopter was shot down with bow&arrow (hit a fuel line) so why not a lance ?? Aju, Derk
Mladuna Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 In the Congo an helicopter was shot down with bow&arrow
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