Greeting all,
Just thought I'd share this experience I had the other night.
I was using the Korean Air War full mod (offline), conducting a fighter sweep over Antung - (with a flight of 4 F-86F's). Once over the Antung area, 4 - 6 MiGs were launched. I targeted one of the MiGs, and after some (not so) skillful flying and shooting, I downed one of the MiGs. At that point, I was informed that the mission was complete and we should return to base.
But hey! There are still MiGs in the air, and my guns aren't empty yet! So I target the next closest MiG and go into a shallow dive toward it at 100% power (the target info says it's at 5000' -about 2000' - 3000' below me, and it's speed is only 157 tks!). Which is fine - I'm not above shooting down a plane in the landing pattern!
As I get closer, I see that it is 2 MiGs flying in a very tight formation - dang, those AI are good!
Now, I notice my closure rate is WAY to high - I chop the throttle and extend the speedbrakes. No good, I'm overshooting big time! Speedbrakes in, throttle back to 100 %. I go into a climbing right hand turn to bleed off some speed and drop in behind them.
According to the target info they're accelerating - 250 tks now. I tighten the turn to get an angle on them. As I approach, I notice I'm coming in at their 2 o'clock position, not their rear as I had expected - (Hmm, they must've turned into me.) -so I overshoot again.
I pull up into a steep climb to loop over and get behind them. Near the top of the loop, I look for the MiGs - they're nearly directly below me (2000' - 3000') still flying straight and level, in close formation (Hmm again - I would have thought they would be further away).
UH-OH!!! I'VE STALLED!!! By the time I've straightened out and built up some speed, I'm pulling out just above ground level. I start to climb back up to the MiGs, but don't quite have enough speed to get up to them.
As I go past them, I notice their exhaust is drifting upward just behind them - like they're HOVERING !
On my next pass, I hit one, and it burns in place - stationary at 5000' !
At this point, I'm out of ammo, so I return to base.
In retrospect, I believe these 2 MiGs were stationary (due to some glitch) all along. Even though the target info showed their speed as 150 - 250 kts.
My question is: At the debrief, should I have reported that the commies are flying UFOs, or would that have been detrimental to my flying career?
