Air Force fighter pilots train in tactic that scopes out enemy targets, By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes

Air Force fighter pilots train in tactic that scopes out enemy
targets, By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes

(EXCERPT) Pacific edition, Monday, June 7, 2004

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — The U.S. Air Force in South Korea is
honing a tactic that sends fighter planes behind enemy lines to find
and destroy mobile ground targets.

Called “Killer Scout,” and dating to the 1991 Gulf War, it differs
from another air-to-ground mission known as close-air support, in
which ground troops call in fighter support.

“It’s very proactive,” said Lt. Col. Rob Givens, commander of Kunsan
Air Base’s 35th Fighter Squadron. “We’re not waiting for them to make
contact with our ground forces. We’re going after them.”

Since February, the 7th Air Force has trained pilots in Killer Scout
with an eye on the terrain and other conditions that would likely
surface in an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

“The 8th Fighter Wing is specializing in this now, getting the pr...

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