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"Knife fight in a phone booth", Epic Dogfight

4saken The 4saken Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Members Posts: 2,282 Joined: Jan 1, 2008 This is IMO one of the most epic dogfights of all time. It's between an F4 Phantom (piloted by "Duke" Cunningham and Willie Driscol) and a Mig-17 with an ace Vietnamese pilot, probably Col. Nguyen Toon (a.k.a. "Tomb"), a pilot so legendary he may not even exist at all. Someone was mentioning dogfight tactics in lobby and while most of the tactics here are 3 dimensional and don't really apply to DW it reminded me of this particular fight and I had to spend the next hour or so trying to find it on YouTube. The video is from the (ahem) pilot episode of Dogfights on the History Channel. For just the dogfight itself drop in to part 8 at 1:04. For a little more background (on the planes themselves, the crew, and their previous kills that battle) drop into part 7 at 1:06. This will also give you some perspective on the kinds of fights that happened and also why this one stands out past the others. ......................... vet combatL1 wv1,0,0 Posted Jan 31, 2010, 7:59 pm

Joel Autobaun Joels Bastards Darkwind Guru Deathrace Mafia Faction Group: Sinbinned Posts: 4,598 Joined: Nov 10, 2008 Great move on the f4 huh no Gun? WTF Then they wonder why they barely had a 1:2 kill ratio compared to Koren 1:8 1:15(depending who you ask). ......................... vet northernsummer deathrce1 raceL1 deathrceL1 ww ped1 sssc paintball semiprocombat ped2 e2g gwextrav gwped combat1 paintladder elmsautumn gateautumn wv race1 combatL1 pvp1 pvp5 pvp4 zom pvp3 circuit1 pvp2 circuit2 circuit3 ss2fl67 slay2013 storm2013 geek triangle198,96,31 Posted Jan 31, 2010, 8:42 pm

4saken The 4saken Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Members Posts: 2,282 Joined: Jan 1, 2008 Yeah deciding aircraft don't need guns ranks right up there with decommissioning the A-10 Warthog and the naval battleships. The 16 inch guns on for instance the USS New Jersey could launch a 2400lb armor piercing shell 24 miles away with stunning accuracy, and no amount of jamming will save you from it. Actually on checking wikipedia it seems they never actually decommissioned the A-10! Woot! Expected to be in service until 2028. I can has flying armored gun? I heard a story about the A-10's 30mm gun when I was in the military. It seems they used to target practice on these plywood targets they put up on telephone poles in the desert. They had done this with 20mm main aircraft guns for years. They had to stop when they used the A-10. It tore down the poles. ......................... vet combatL1 wv1,0,0 Posted Jan 31, 2010, 9:04 pm Last edited Jan 31, 2010, 9:07 pm by 4saken

Groove Champion The Groove Champions Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Members Posts: 4,813 Joined: Sep 16, 2008 Very nice find, 4! That was an entertaining watch! ......................... vet combatL1 wv cont0,5,0 Posted Feb 1, 2010, 5:57 pm

Serephe Collision Force Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Members Posts: 3,496 Joined: Dec 9, 2007 Badass mig pilot. Was rooting for a win for him there. ......................... vet wv paintladder ww0,3,0 Posted Feb 1, 2010, 8:33 pm

ISHOULDCOCO COCO and the BURPERS Darkwind Guru Civs Faction Group: Storytellers Posts: 1,440 Joined: Jul 5, 2007 My first ever "Show and tell" was about about the F4 Phantom. UK squadrons had them. Cool as F**k. COCO ......................... vet wv Posted Feb 2, 2010, 4:27 pm

*JD_Basher* Gearjammers Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Marshals + Storytellers Posts: 2,728 Joined: Feb 11, 2007 The F4 Phantom is proof that, given enough power even a BRICK can fly! ......................... vet marshal wv cont Posted Feb 7, 2010, 7:55 pm

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