"Desperate F-16 Pilots Used Anti-Tank Missiles as Cameras" Topic
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Tango01 | 17 Nov 2014 10:35 p.m. PST |
"The U.S. Air Force went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 badly unprepared for fighting fleet-footed Taliban insurgents who blend in with the rough terrain. In particular, the Air Force's jet fighters—designed and equipped for supersonic combat against Soviet planes—lacked sensors capable of scanning the ground below for small bands of enemy fighters. So some F-16 pilots from the Idaho-based 389th Fighter Squadron did what American aviators traditionally do best—they improvised, using existing equipment in ways the engineers never intended. Specifically, they pressed an anti-tank missile into service as a heat-detecting camera…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Dynaman8789 | 18 Nov 2014 5:17 a.m. PST |
A10 pilots did the same thing with their missiles in the first gulf war. |
GeoffQRF | 18 Nov 2014 5:38 a.m. PST |
I would have thought that should read 'ingenious F-16 pilot…" |
Los456 | 18 Nov 2014 9:25 a.m. PST |
Yeah I don't know if that's "desperate" of just Smart SOP given that its been the way things have been done for at least 25 years. Los |
Weddier | 18 Nov 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
IIRC, the trick comes from the later part of the Vietnam War, originally common practice using TV-guided bombs. (TV-guidance actually has the distinction of being genuine "Buck Rogers stuff", appearing in P. F. Nowlan's original novel.) The IR use is indeed a nice tweak by our definitely ingenious pilots. |
darthfozzywig | 18 Nov 2014 10:25 a.m. PST |
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Deadone | 18 Nov 2014 3:03 p.m. PST |
Apparently F-16 pilots did this in 1991 as well. |
Charlie 12 | 18 Nov 2014 8:41 p.m. PST |
Another 'brilliant' War is Boring article. Maybe someday they're find a writer who actually knows what he's writing about… |
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