Topic: Aircrafts Quiz 4

IAmFighter · January 30th, 2006

Spade 101 and 102?

AJChenMPH · February 5th, 2006

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Originally Posted by IAmFighter

Spade 101 and 102?

Oooo, not a bad guess. Spade is not the correct callsign, but 102 was one of the two aircraft. The callsign has nothing to do with the squadron's name -- for example, when Randy Cunningham was flying with VF-96 "Fighting Falcons", the squadron's radio callsign was "Showtime".

IAmFighter · February 6th, 2006

Grrrr.... I keep getting little bits and pieces. Somebody help me out here!

tomtom22 · February 12th, 2006

How about another hint?

MightyMacbeth · February 15th, 2006

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Originally Posted by tomtom22

How about another hint?

yep, I do agree

AJChenMPH · February 23rd, 2006

Sorry, was away for a family funeral.

Okay, another hint -- actually, forget the hint. Just Google "Gulf of Sidra Incident" and see what you come up with.

tomtom22 · February 24th, 2006

On the morning of the 19th, two VF-41 Black Aces F-14As, Fast Eagle 102 (CDR "Hank" Kleeman/LT D. Venlet) and Fast Eagle 107 (LT "Music" Muczynski/LTJG "Amos" Anderson), were flying combat air patrol to cover aircraft engaged in a missile exercise. An E-2A Hawkeye gained radar contact with two Fitters which had left Okba Ben Nafi Air Base near Tripoli. The Fitters were heading towards the Tomcats and the lead Fitter fired an AA-2 Atoll short range heat seeking missile at the Tomcats. The Tomcats evaded and were cleared to return fire.
Muczynski engaged the lead Fitter and shot it down with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. Kleeman engaged the wingman and shot it down with another Sidewinder. The official United States Navy report states that both Libyan pilots ejected and were safely recovered.
The international tensions and dogfighting incidents seen in the movie Top Gun (1985) were drawn in part from this incident.

IAmFighter · February 24th, 2006

FINALLY!!!! It's about time we were able to finish answer

thing!

AJChenMPH · February 24th, 2006

Yep, congrats.

Sadly, my NROTC CO told me that CDR Kleeman subsequently bought it while trying to land an F/A-18 (I think it was at an airfield, not aboard a carrier).

Next question: what was the original project name that Lockheed's Skunk Works assigned to the F-117A Stealth Fighter?

IAmFighter · February 24th, 2006

Have Blue?

January 30th, 2006	Post 31
IAmFighter Centurion	Spade 101 and 102? __________________ \"The advance of hope in the Middle East requires new thinking in the region. By now it should be clear that authoritarian rule is not the way of the future it is the last gasp of a discredited past. Democracy is their goal and terrorists themselves have reason to fear.\" ~President George W. Bush Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army. ~Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War; shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings.

February 12th, 2006	Post 34
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	How about another hint? __________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations

February 24th, 2006	Post 37
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	On the morning of the 19th, two VF-41 Black Aces F-14As, Fast Eagle 102 (CDR "Hank" Kleeman/LT D. Venlet) and Fast Eagle 107 (LT "Music" Muczynski/LTJG "Amos" Anderson), were flying combat air patrol to cover aircraft engaged in a missile exercise. An E-2A Hawkeye gained radar contact with two Fitters which had left Okba Ben Nafi Air Base near Tripoli. The Fitters were heading towards the Tomcats and the lead Fitter fired an AA-2 Atoll short range heat seeking missile at the Tomcats. The Tomcats evaded and were cleared to return fire. Muczynski engaged the lead Fitter and shot it down with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. Kleeman engaged the wingman and shot it down with another Sidewinder. The official United States Navy report states that both Libyan pilots ejected and were safely recovered. The international tensions and dogfighting incidents seen in the movie Top Gun (1985) were drawn in part from this incident. Last edited by tomtom22 : February 24th, 2006 at 01:13.

February 6th, 2006	Post 33
IAmFighter Centurion	Grrrr.... I keep getting little bits and pieces. Somebody help me out here!

February 23rd, 2006	Post 36
AJChenMPH Forum Health Inspector Gear	Sorry, was away for a family funeral. Okay, another hint -- actually, forget the hint. Just Google "Gulf of Sidra Incident" and see what you come up with.

February 24th, 2006	Post 38
IAmFighter Centurion	FINALLY!!!! It's about time we were able to finish answer thing!

February 24th, 2006	Post 39
AJChenMPH Forum Health Inspector Gear	Yep, congrats. Sadly, my NROTC CO told me that CDR Kleeman subsequently bought it while trying to land an F/A-18 (I think it was at an airfield, not aboard a carrier). Next question: what was the original project name that Lockheed's Skunk Works assigned to the F-117A Stealth Fighter?

February 24th, 2006	Post 40
IAmFighter Centurion	Have Blue?