What just happened..?
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I was returning from an OCA strike, receiving vectors at 4,000 feet, and 300 knots, plenty of fuel.
Then the aircraft went boom.
No master caution light, or VMS caution, so I assume no warning panel notifications, though this underlines the idea of checking them at each phase of the flight.
A few SA-2 launches were detected coming off the target, and there was quite a bit of AAA fire, but I didn’t notice any impacts, or damage.
The only thing that comes to mind is if I received damage just after bomb release, and the caution light came on for a hit at the same time as it was coming on for stores config.
But no sign of damage, no difficulties with aircraft handling … nothing.
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Campaign or TE?
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AA IR missile?
I was returning from an OCA strike, receiving vectors at 4,000 feet, and 300 knots, plenty of fuel.
Then the aircraft went boom.
No master caution light, or VMS caution, so I assume no warning panel notifications, though this underlines the idea of checking them at each phase of the flight.
A few SA-2 launches were detected coming off the target, and there was quite a bit of AAA fire, but I didn’t notice any impacts, or damage.
The only thing that comes to mind is if I received damage just after bomb release, and the caution light came on for a hit at the same time as it was coming on for stores config.
But no sign of damage, no difficulties with aircraft handling … nothing.
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It was a campaign, and within sight of what must have been Kunsan.
I passed two confirmed friendlies that must have been coming directly out of Kunsan a short while earlier.
If it was an air-to-air missile then it was a very sneaky, and a very brave, MiG pilot.
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Change to CAT I.
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Indeed… may have been a freak incident / accident
Uwe
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Mystery solved with the ACMI tape. Tower forgot about me and I ended up over an SA-13. I actually requested vectors a second time and was told to hold altitude and airspeed.
Those people need more coffee.
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Come on, who forgot who?
Or maybe is Kunsan close to the fence in this scenario?Mystery solved with the ACMI tape. Tower forgot about me and I ended up over an SA-13. I actually requested vectors a second time and was told to hold altitude and airspeed.
Those people need more coffee.
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How the tower can know?
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Change to CAT I.
There is nothing dangerous at all about being actual Cat 1 but having the switch in Cat 3. Especially for straight and level flight.
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I think tower has taken a distinct dislike to me.
In the next mission I had not been cleared down to 3,000 before final. But I did get to improvise a landing from 4,000 feet. I also learned how fast the end of the runway approaches when you land a little long.
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aTC is quite efficient in 4.33 and never forgets you…
However , this is true that there is no check that the orbit point is not in hostile territory …
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I will have to put it down to a missed call. But I would have expected it to give me vectors when I requested it. I think I will probably make a point of using TACAN to monitor range from now on.
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aTC is quite efficient in 4.33 and never forgets you…
However , this is true that there is no check that the orbit point is not in hostile territory …
Would be neat if the ATC was able to say have us hold nearby and only descend via TRP…
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Would be neat if the ATC was able to say have us hold nearby and only descend via TRP…
don’t worry for ATC improvements
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