Who will win "Excalibur" next week?

Agreed, it will never be a fair fight but how would the F-16 match up against the ... ?

Who will Win Excalibur ?

F-16
9
75%
F-15E
2
17%
RAF Tornado
1
8%
RAF Jaguar
0
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Total votes : 12

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by elp » 13 Aug 2004, 14:54

Excalibur, is a tactical bomb competition in England next week. Contenders are the RAF and USAFE. Much of it will be around how well the teams can put the little training bombs on target.

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http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?sec ... icle=23764
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by WSteig » 22 Aug 2004, 21:47

The results are in!

The Top Gun crew was Capt. Ben “Thor” Heslin and 1st Lt. Mike “Trapper” Kelly from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath. The top wing was the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano, and the top flight was from the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano.


http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23953

So F-16s take 2 out of 3...pretty darned good.


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by elp » 23 Aug 2004, 13:56

( but it took the F-15E two crew members to do it :D )
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