On the Deck

For John, BLUF:  The thing is, you have to train for both.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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From the web magazine War on the Rocks we have Air Force Colonel Mike Pietrucha and "REDISCOVERING LOW ALTITUDE:  GETTING PAST THE AIR FORCE’S OVERCOMMITMENT TO STEALTH".

Ah, the never ending argument.  My Staff College classmate,♠ Indian Air Force Squadron Leader Trevor Osman♥ summed it up.  "You fly over the SAMs and around the Army formations."  Why?  Guns.  Or as I would kid my Royal Air Force classmates, you like low level because the UK has gun control and you have never learned to fear guns.

Mostly I am posting this article so that Mr John McDonough can read the tail number♦ on this Wolf Pack♣ F-16C at low altitude, with the afterburner burning, mostly likely over the Republic of Korea.

Lots of charts and hanger flying in this article.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Royal Air Force Staff College, Bracknell, Class 64.
♥  Now a retired Air Marshall (3 twinkie), Trevor Osman was a fighter pilot while on active duty.
♦  McD is big on Tail Numbers, sometimes called Bort Numbers.
♣  8th Fighter Wing