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StolichnayaStrafer
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 Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 02:31 AM
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Not if it was a collaborator- it could have had a rider with a portable SAM on it.
I'm sure there have been cases... 
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 02:37 AM
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StolichnayaStrafer wrote:
No disrespect intended, but are you sure about that?
Quite sure. Here's the pic of the bird that did it too. 63-320, "Hanoi Hustler".
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared ... 4S-028.jpg
BTW, it's final kill total was 3 MiG-17s, one by M-61, one by AIM-9, and one by a well-placed, pickled MER.
ACIG is lacking some important numbers. About 5 Thuds claimed MiG-17s with AIM-9s. They don't credit any kills to 320. One of the most famous MiG killers, and they don't get credited with a single one on ACIG's site.  |
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 05:28 PM
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That's strange, as the 27 kills were from the Air Force list of downed enemy aircraft in Vietnam that I've seen in a couple of publications. If I am not mistaken, even Col. Jack Broughton said they only scored gun kills.Thanks for showing the pic, I will have to look up that F-105 on the listings!  |
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 06:28 PM
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| Camel Kill markings: Camel + Rider w/MANPADS |
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 10:56 PM
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A tanker at Loring had a Bullwinkle painted under the left cockpit window after striking a moose on the runway during a landing roll out. The moose head was subsequently stuffed and hung in the O-Club.
Because the tanker was messed up also, somebody then painted a tanker silhouette on the moose's left antler. 
Or so the story goes...10% rule applies  |
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 11:09 PM
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JochemP wrote:
*A little off topic*
What constitutes a kill being the topic, I've seen lots of kill markings, stars, guns, flags, aircraft silhouettes, roundels, but what a Camel Marking kill stands for? (Enviromentalists will be pissed if the AF managed to shoot/bomb/kill a camel)
Not off topic at all.
The Camel denoted trips "Over the Hump" in Burma during WWII.
Nowadays denotes any ground target. The more PC bomb silouette serves as well.
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Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 11:28 PM
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I kind of liked the Texaco stars on the A-6E Intruders from Desert Storm for doing refueling hops- that's taking one for the team, especially during a shooting war!
I miss those planes too.  |
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