Mavericks, Not just for ground targets?
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I believe …. second or third hand rumor … that the gold standard is shooting down your own wingman with a HARM. Elevates you to a whole new level of legendary.
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Yes the story goes all the way back to Frugals World and has become legendary in Falcondom! Although I am not acquainted with this individual I do know he is fond of cats wearing melon helmets, and occasionally graces us with his presence on this forum nowadays.
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Yes the story goes all the way back to Frugals World and has become legendary in Falcondom! Although I am not acquainted with this individual I do know he is fond of cats wearing melon helmets, and occasionally graces us with his presence on this forum nowadays.
:high5:I think you just made another piece of history
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Awesome might!!
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Apparently this has happened IRL as well.
During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter’s tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site. (This was after the tail gunner of the B-52 had targeted the F-4G, mistaking it for an Iraqi MiG.) The F-4 pilot launched the missile and then saw that the target was the B-52, which was hit. It survived with shrapnel damage to the tail and no casualties. The B-52 was subsequently renamed In HARM’s Way.
Maybe the Gorn was involved in this incident as well.
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Apparently this has happened IRL as well.
During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter’s tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site. (This was after the tail gunner of the B-52 had targeted the F-4G, mistaking it for an Iraqi MiG.) The F-4 pilot launched the missile and then saw that the target was the B-52, which was hit. It survived with shrapnel damage to the tail and no casualties. The B-52 was subsequently renamed In HARM’s Way.
Maybe the Gorn was involved in this incident as well.
interesting. Did not know this, thanks for sharing.
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IBA
In Before Aragorn.
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Man, that story is so old, you’d think the Internet would have forgotten about it by now. Poor guy is not ever gonna live it down. They’ll probably put it on his epitaph.
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Decided to go chopper hunting with mavs to see if you could do this with intent and not just do it as a target of opportunity. I fired mavs 3 and 4 at the same target thinking mav 3s WPN page cursor went flashing just as I fired. Mav 4 wasn’t needed as mav 3 did end up being a good hit on it’s target. All kills did register as AA kills. Screenshot of debrief below.
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Brilliant!