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F105 ACM Characteristics
When my wife and I got back from our vacation this week I noticed in a
thread of some weeks ago that some of you were interested in the ACM performance of the Thud. Ed had commented briefly on it to Pechs, and indeed Ed would be my choice for authoritative information on the 105. Written material on the 105 specifically in the ACM environment is pretty rare to come by. Individual units flying the bird have delved into the subject from time to time with written regulation....(in order to attempt keeping their pilots alive when and if engaged air to air with Migs . If it helps any of you searching for such information, I know that Franny Gerard )BrigGen Francis Gerard Commander NJANG and Paul Ando (LtCol Paul Ando) put together a regulation for the Unit specifically written for the Thud in ACM. It was AFM 3-1, Tri-Cmd 3-1, TACM 55-105, and TACM 51-105 friendly, but Franny put a lot of his own expertise with handling the Thud into the Unit regulation, and if you can find a copy, it's very good on what you can do with the 105 (the smaller section:-))) and what to avoid in the 105 (by far the larger section :-))) in the three dimensional ACM arena, specifically with the Thud against lighter wing loaded adversaries like the Mig21. The reg is : 108thTFWR 55-2, April 1975. Don't ask me where the hell to find one besides the one I own, (and I had to con Franny out of THAT one!!!) but if this information helps you Thud interested folks out there in any way, I'm pleased to offer the search tip. In the meantime, there's Ed's book, which I would highly recommend as a source of very good tactical information in all areas of interest with these issues. Dudley Henriques International Fighter Pilots Fellowship Commercial Pilot/CFI Retired |
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