An attempt to re-enact the Sidra Bay incident
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Hi All,
Today I made a quick TE intended to reproduce the Sidra Bay situation: two F-14’s take off from the carrier and two MiG-23’s from a coastal airbase (the theatre is KTO). The Tomcats carry AIM-7M’s / AIM-9M’s, the MiG-s - AA-7’s and AA-8’s. The task for either flight is defined as ‘Sweep’, with waypoints set so they simply have to engage their respective opponents. I fly an F-16 armed with a usual A-A ordnance.
I decided I would fly as an observer only so that my presence had minimum interference with the actions of the MiG’s (if they went after me they would become an all too easy prey for the Tomcats) and therefore I tried to keep away from the furball that had ensued. And… can you imagine!.. one Tomcat got destroyed right upon the initial encounter… Watching the fight was not easy as I had to switch camera views quickly and was not able to get a fuller picture of the evolving situation. The remaining Cat had his revenge and downed both MiGs, otherwise I was prepared to do the job…
I’m sure some of you must have tried to re-enact the Sidra incident; if so, could you please share your results.