Message posted by lone wolf on August 26, 2006 at 22:58:25 PST:
The only oddball aggressors I documented were Kfir. Since such a plane should be on our side, I don't know what it was pretending to be. Peter Forkes and I spotted this from the TTR, which is enemy territory. [Initially we thought it was a Mirage, which also didn't make sense.] We had some good viewing that day, seeing the MI-24 Hind and AN-2 Colt. One reason why some people might think there are SU-27s and such in Red Flag is the USAF writes up exercises over the Nellis range using the SU-27 as the enemy. I don't have the links handy, but these documents should still be on the net. These are either done on paper or computer simulations, but I doubt for real. Wiki is a nice idea, but if any fool can write/edit it, then it is worth what you pay. ;-) The SU-27 has been documented at Groom a few times, so the assumption is the base wants it known that they have at least one. They flew it between sessions of a Red Flag, when it was obvious there were people in the ranges with big glass. The Su-27 has been video taped flying over Groom and photographed on the runway at Groom. I'm still waiting for my check from Uncle Sam for the "leak" well done.
In Reply to: Red Flag and Red Hats/Eagles posted by Chris McDowell on August 26, 2006 at 21:52:10 PST:
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