| Kosovo MiG Kill
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I was well over the Mach when I punched my tanks off and the jet jumped up abruptly (you can see it in the HUD). Took a quick look back to check and see if my stabs were still intact... I rolled my elevation coverage looking from about 5K' to 21K' and no kidding stayed in search for at least one full frame (believe me, I wanted to go back to single target track SO DAMN BAD!) AWACS started calling out two contacts, lead trail. Sure enough, I was starting to see the break out on my scope!
 At about 20nm, Boxer called "FOX 3, 18K!" I saw the cons/smoke from his jet and thought: "SONOFABITCH! I gotta get me some!" I commanded miniraster on the leader and as soon as radar lock (about 17nm), immediately thumbed forward to HD TWS. My first shot came off inside 16 nm from the leader. When I pressed the pickle button, it seemed like an ETERNITY before the missile actually launched, but when it did...WOW!!!! I have never shot an AMRAAM or AIM-7 before at WSEP (and I don't think I have a chance in hell of shooting more missiles at WSEP after this!)
 The missile came off with such a loud roar/whoosh, I not only heard it clearly in the cockpit above the wind noise, radio comm, ear plug, and helmet, I actually FELT the rocket motor roar! In the HUD, you can see the flames shooting out from the tail end of the missile, and the smoke and cons following it! Stepped immediately to the trailer in HDTWS and press and held the pickle button for at least 3 seconds. Again, thinking: COME ON, DAMN IT! LAUNCH! The second missile came off just as impressive as the first after the same painful delay. I yelled "Dxx 1, Fox 6, lead trail!" ("Cxxx” later critique my comm as incorrect 3-1 terminology... EAT ME!) |
 F15C fires AIM7 Sparrow Since Boxer was the primary shooter, I assumed he was locked to the leader, so I kept the trailer as the PDT. Didn't want to screw with a good thing, I stayed in HDTWS inside 10nm ("Dxxx", our WIC dude, promptly criticized me for NOT going STT inside 10nm upon reviewing my VSD tape, thus I still have to pass my IPUG Tac Intx ride!). Both targets started a check-turn to the southwest (14L to H to 16R aspect) and continued to descend to low teens. Approaching 10nm, checking RWR to make sure we weren't targeted:
"Dxx 1 naked !" From 30K', both of us rolled our jets inverted and pointed nose low directly at the TD box on the HUD, and pulled throttle to idle. I think my heart rate at this time was reaching my aerobic limit for my age (you know, that formula: 220 minus age...)! Against a broken cloud background, I saw a tiny dot in the TD box about 7 to 8 nm out. "Dxx 1, tally ho nose 7 nm, low !"
 Realizing I saw the trailer, I was praying Boxer would soon follow up with a tally call on the leader. Approaching 5 nm, I'm scanning in front of the trailer for the leader but no joy. Shit! The trailer continued his left turn to southwest and I was looking at approx 14R aspect. Inside of 5 nm, thumb aft to AIM-9 and tried twice to uncage but the tone was not there. Go to Page Three
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