Nightshade/PR

Waking up the locals........ Any of you guys seen a big lizard round these parts? Oh well, le't see what's available.......... Time to go home...maybe I'll see that lizard on the way home.

“Vive la France”

Still sleek after all these years............

Out for a bombing run with my Top Cover...............

Lined up, Flaps down, Gear out..........Screw it........suck it all in and blow down the runway at 100% mil power. Also, I do enjoy the Angola Terrain. It gives such a sense of.....emptiness. And yes, there is a Mirage F-1 in the shot.

There's always something to go blow up.................

What's a day in the North Atlantic without rain?

2 low passes and the result of your wingman dropping a 500lb bomb on the targets you were going after.

Playboys over a really big ocean................

I always find Recon missions to be challenging. It's fun to try and sneak into the area and cover the target without being spotted when using a platform not normally designed for it. Getting out is even more challenging.

That is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Few..The Proud..The Marines..

So, I decided to go ship-hunting with my French lunchbox. Never mind that it sounds like a weed-eater, is slower than a fart in a staff meeting, and is generally a suicide mission for anything that finds it. But it has the advantage of being GREAT in a low=level turning fight, and put 3 migs in the water trying to catch us. Results??? 4 dead Sampans, 3 Mig-21 Mongols in the water, a boatload of SAM misses, ran out of gas on FINAL, and a heck of a lot of fun.

Feeling Blue................

It was a crappy day to fly. I don't care if it's an all-weather interceptor...I'm a fair weather pilot kind of guy. Anyway, when the Frigates began to fire on the target I was closing on, I knew it wouldn't end well for him.

Kamchatka Patrol............

In the end, I never saw the ZSU-23-4....

Then a pair of Flankers appeared from behind a hill, and wanted a slow-speed, low-level dogfight..... How often does a Flanker leave you with a gun solution from dead astern?

This was supposed to be a simple Armed Recon mission....truck busting with a Harrier. Not so tough, right?

I'll give it a whirl................ Nice cockpit; the rest I'll let you know after flying it around some more.