F-14s Shooting Down Libyan Mig-23s

Very well put and totally accurate! Whenever you jink away and they jink back into you within the no fly zone of a Carrier, it doesnt get anymore provocative than that! Shoot first, die later.

exactly grinlore. they were trying to get into a firing position on the F14's. Kinda stupid thing to do against better aircraft with better radar, and better trained personel. "Now in that sitution, you dont wait to see if they fire first, cause if u do, ur dead." can not be said better.

Thats why you dont aproach an aircraft cairyer with ASW missles or else the patroles will get you. :)

Yes technically the F-14s shot first, but when he is saying that he is 30degress off set and the bogies have jinked back into him, that means he has moved his jet and the bogies have also changed course to once again be on a head on course, This is a very prevocative action to take and can only be interprited as a sign they are going to attack.

Now in that sitution, you dont wait to see if they fire first, cause if u do, ur dead.

The idea is to kill them before they kill you. The enemy aircraft were well into the no-fly-zone and refused to turn back after a very clear warning. It was definitely an aggressive and persistent action on their part.

lol

peed a little probably

rofl S**k ON SOME OF THAT U BASTERDS

DON'T F**k WITH US ASSHOLES, GET IT?

That's correct. I truely don't think the F14 was attacked. It was actually the other way around.

good

Its funny how in battle the formality ends and its all F%#K this and that! HA!

what do you think was going thru the second mig pilets mind after the first was taken out?

or see scape of misil de UFO?

Pretty much, whatever the Tomcats did, the MiGs would change course to keep coming at them. Because they "maintained a collision course", the US pilots assumed that the Libyans were coming in for an attack ("
bogies hafe jinked back into us, now" (at 1:48)), so they fired their missiles before the Libyans had a chance to fire on them.