Done on the Phantom in some squadrons. Lined up with boresight. With radar
lock and bogey on the nose, you'd lean forward and get a magnified view and
hopefully an early VID. Somewhat awkward to use.

R / John

"DDAY" wrote in message
.net...
I read somewhere that the Navy used rifle scopes in some of its fighter
jets
for spotting other planes. Is this true? And were they mounted in the
cockpit or used like binoculars?



D