US Air Force F-16's wait their turn on the runway at Nellis AFB, NV. The fighter jets are part of the 174th Fighter Wing out of Syracuse, NY. The unit is on its last deployment as an F-16 group. (Photograph by SSgt Ricky Best/US Air Force)From Popular Mechanics:
This week fighter jocks role-play bad guys trying to shoot down the U.S. Air Force's most advanced warplane—the F-22 Raptor—and "die wholesale" in the process. The Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will be flying training missions over the desert outside Nellis Air Force Base in a high-stakes war game. Here are the pilots who train against the deadliest dogfighter in the world.
This week, warplanes from the Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will be flying training missions over the desert outside Nellis Air Force Base, trying desperately to compete during simulated combat over the high Nevada desert. Their foes are F-22 Raptors, stealth airplanes that can identify and destroy foes before their targets even know they are there.
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My Comment: To shoot down an F-22 .... not that will be a high for an F-16 pilot. (And hell for the F-22 pilot).
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