OMG!
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Hawks (MIM-23 Hawk) and my wingman saved my ever livin’ arse!!!
I was completing a DEAD mission and took out 2 SA-2 sites. On egress my wingman and I were jumped by 4 Mig29’s. The Hawks took 2 of them out while my wingman was trying to engage. I actually saw a smoke trail from one of the missiles that a Hawk had fired and followed the trail as it hit one of the Mig29’s - I had to pick my jaw off the floor. I turned back towards the two that were left, but my warning lights/sounds were chirping and beeping like mad. I then went evasive while my wingman took out the 1 of the 2 left. I evaded 2 AA missiles in the process, but the 4th Mig29 took out my wingman. I got the heck out of dodge after that. When I landed I felt a huge sigh of relief then the emotion set in that I lost my AI wingman in the process. One of the best flight sim experiences I have had in a long time.
Intense is an understatement!
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Were they definitely Su-29s and not MiG-28s?
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Read 29’s on the RWR.
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Read 29’s on the RWR.
If the RWR shows “29”, it’s a MiG-29 or Su-27/30/33 (which all use a similar radar system).
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Yeah - the MiG-29, Su-27 et al all use the same radar… and thus, all emit the same signal as far as the RWR can distinguish.
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Alright, you saw them, right?
Did their horizontal stabs stick out past the burner nozzles, and did they have a long spike sticking out between the engines?
The MiG-29 has stabs which are very swept and extend aft of the nozzles, and while the Su-27 doesnt have that, it has a central spike of the aircraft which extends past the nozzles inbetween the engines. The Su-27 is also quite a bit larger.
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I was close enough to tell visually the one I saw was not an F-15 - no other details. I was too freaked out trying to think of my next strategy noticing a smoke trail coming up from the ground - starting to freak then WHAM! he was hit by one of the Hawk’s!
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Man those Su-29s!..…don’t try to out turn them!
