AIM-54

From: "awg9tech"

Has the Phoenix ever been fired in battle?

I really do not know. The AIM-7 and AIM-9 certainly were.

On 1/25/05 7:57 PM, in article ,
"NimBill" wrote:

From: "awg9tech"

Has the Phoenix ever been fired in battle?

I really do not know. The AIM-7 and AIM-9 certainly were.


Got lobbed downrange post Desert Fox, I believe (circa 1999). Shot at a
couple of Iraqi fighters that had strayed across the 32nd. Assessed as a
miss.

--Woody

My understanding was that they missed due to lack of rocket motors firing.
-Moe
"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote in message
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On 1/25/05 7:57 PM, in article
,
"NimBill" wrote:

From: "awg9tech"

Has the Phoenix ever been fired in battle?

I really do not know. The AIM-7 and AIM-9 certainly were.


Got lobbed downrange post Desert Fox, I believe (circa 1999). Shot at a
couple of Iraqi fighters that had strayed across the 32nd. Assessed as a
miss.

--Woody

In the "Shadows of Steel" by Dale Brown there was a fictional story of
USS Abraham Lincoln taking control over Southern Persian Gulf (with an
Iranian carrier "Chomeini" in the North) by sending to the air 3 CAPs
with 2 Tomcats each, F-14s armed with a mix of 2 AIM-9, 2 AIM-7 and 4
AIM-54 (2 normal + 2 extra), and as many as 3 E-2C Hawkeyes (one of
them shot down by ARMs fired from Tu-22M Backfire).

I've read somewhere 3 CAPs 2 F-14s each was a normal procedure in
combat until 1990s(?). The limited number of Tomcats could easily be
augmented by Hornets, but sending 3 of 4 (or 5 ) Hawkeyes to the air at
the same time sounds like totally no Hawkeyes in the air a few hours
later.

Yes, I know this subject was discussed here long ago...

According to the book at least one cruise missile escaped from AIM-54
range (because it was "faster than Phoenix" - uhh, that's funny;-), and
had to be shot down by a Ticonderoga-class cruiser.

Frankly, I am dissapointed with this book - the author describes Mi-8
in a way that proves that should be Ka-25 or Ka-27.
Kind regards,

Jacek Zemlo

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Frankly, I am dissapointed with this book - the author describes Mi-8

You really didn't need to include "book - the" in your sentence.

Glenn D.