An FA-50PH (Photo courtesy of Philippine Air Force) MANILA - The military's FA-50 jet fighter pilots will train with their American counterparts, flying F-16s, specifically on the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) exercises in the ongoing Bilateral Air Contingent Exchange. Philippine Air Force (PAF) spokesperson Col. Maynard Mariano said Sunday the training, which started on March 14 and will end on March 25, would involve four American F-16s and four PAF FA-50s on the neutralization of "enemy anti-air assets and airfields." "The area of engagement will be over IMTA (Intensive Military Training Area ) 2 - over the mountainous area of Zambales, Tarlac and Pangasinan," he said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA). "This will be part of (this) week's activities but we (do) not know exactly what date." SEAD refers to operations conducted to neutralize enemy surface-based air defenses like anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) and surface-air
An FA-50PH (Photo courtesy of Philippine Air Force) MANILA - The military's FA-50 jet fighter pilots will train with their American counterparts, flying F-16s, specifically on the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) exercises in the ongoing Bilateral Air Contingent Exchange. Philippine Air Force (PAF) spokesperson Col. Maynard Mariano said Sunday the training, which started on March 14 and will end on March 25, would involve four American F-16s and four PAF FA-50s on the neutralization of "enemy anti-air assets and airfields." "The area of engagement will be over IMTA (Intensive Military Training Area ) 2 - over the mountainous area of Zambales, Tarlac and Pangasinan," he said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA). "This will be part of (this) week's activities but we (do) not know exactly what date." SEAD refers to operations conducted to neutralize enemy surface-based air defenses like anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) and surface-air
we traveled exclusively by charter jets. we had a falcon jet. it was two guys. we were flying to the next gig. we had pilots. fresh off an aircraft carrier, flying f-16s. the pilots were vietnam cats. i can t mention their names but a couple times, they smoked pot with us. not before the flight. i don t know. these guys were right out of the military, and they wanted a part. we asked if they could do a, you know, a roll. you know, they looked at each other and went, you sure you guys want to do that? they have contests, you know. first seater and second seater. they d try to outdo each other and try to do tricks. they said, we re out of the mainstream. you guys still want to try to do that? yeah!
fresh off an aircraft carrier, flying f-16s. the pilots were vietnam cats. i can t mention their names but a couple times, they smoked pot with us. not before the flight. i don t know. these guys were right out of the military, and they wanted a part. we asked if they could do a, you know, a role. you know, they looked at each other and went, you sure you guys want to do that? they have contests, you know. first seater and second seater. they d try to outdo each other and try to do tricks. they said, we re out of the mainstream. you guys still want to try to do that? yeah! i mean, we d be doing loops,
flying f-16s. i don t know. these guys were right out of the military and they wanted to party. we asked them if they could do it. they try to outdo each other. they do tricks. we are pretty much out of the mainstream. you guys want to do that? yeah! we would be doing that. oops. snap her. hey, guys. look out the window.