On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:18:11 GMT, David Moss
wrote:

In article ,
writes...

Pulse doppler radars have provided excellent look-down/shoot down
since the late '70s. Ground clutter for an airborne platform simply
does not exist.

I learned that very impressively one day while tooling down the New
Mexico desert at 75' and 500 knots with one wing-tip nestled against
Mockingbird Ridge for vertical shielding enroute to a target. Got
nailed by a pair of F-15s that had me locked for the last fifteen
miles.

What were your Knucks doing while you were getting nailed?
I realise weasels like to hunt alone, but pigs usually like a bit of top
cover when they go sneaking around near the treetops.

DM

I was leading a pair of AT-38s heading to a target in Red Rio range.
No weaseling go on there. We were operating in trail so that we could
maintain as close as possible to the terrain masking of the ridge.

Gotta say that if an F-15A flown by a low-time driver can pick up the
little RCS of a head-on Talon under those conditions you'd be foolish
to depend on low altitude or terrain masking to survive in the modern
environment.

Lots of development since those days.
Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
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