Another mid-morning take off from Brindisi airport. This time I'm carrying the 300 gallon drop tank instead of the big two mammoth ones I hauled yesterday. I'm flying with just a wingman. The F/A-18s have been fitted with AGM-88 missiles (high speed anti-radiation missiles that almost drive themselves towards enemy radars) at Lecce airbase and they should be airborne by now.
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Climbing after taking off from Brindisi airport (in the background). For one I don't have to wait for a full flight of four to form up, so I climb slowly and the wingman rejoins quickly. |
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Buddy spike! The F/A18's radar emissions are caught by my RWR (yellow arrow). Good to know these guys are on their way to take out the aerial defenses near our target. |
Somehow comforted by the sight of those F/A-18s ahead of my flight, I start to work on target acquisition. The range is a bit high for the ground radar to pick up anything yet. The mountains don't help either.
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Around 50 miles from the target area, the ground radar (ground moving target mode) picks up two strong signals (left MFD). Time to power and warm up the AGM-65's! |
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Turning for another tank-killing pass. |
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RTB. I can't take out of my mind that poor F/A-18 pilot. The weather on the Italian coast is ... Foggy ... Again. |
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Another tricky instrument landing at Brindisi airport. |
Cheers,
2 comments:
Very interesting post. No video by any chance?
Hi SH,
That would be great. But I suck at video editing. :)
Cheers,
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