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From: Clarence Romero Jr. (clyderomerof4 gmail.com)
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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
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| Interception and engaging with a reliable weapons system are two different things ! Just because you can see it, doesn’t mean you can hit it! Soviet weapons systems have a high probability of failure. Clyde Romero
If you have no enemies You have no character !
Scars are tattoos with better stories! ![]() When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!
On Oct 10, 2021, at 11:54 AM, A.J. <newgent2tx [at] gmail.com> wrote:
During the Cold War, no other USAF aircraft proved more of an irritant to US adversaries than the fast-flying Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Many tried but all failed to touch the untouchable, until June 3, 1986. On that day, six MiG-31 “Foxhounds” performed a coordinated intercept against a high-flying SR-71 over the Barents Sea.
The MiGs subjected the SR-71 to an all-angle AAM attack that even a combination of high-altitude manoeuvrability and ECM could not have defeated. Fortunately, for the US spy plane, the intercept took place over international waters, and no actual weapons were released, but the Soviets nonetheless proved their point. It is claimed that this incident was a factor in USAF’s decision to retire the SR-71 a few years later.
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