SAM Killer Above the No-Fly Zone

April 27, 2022 00:50:59
SAM Killer Above the No-Fly Zone
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SAM Killer Above the No-Fly Zone

Apr 27 2022 | 00:50:59

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Show Notes

In 1998, retired US Air Force Colonel Mike "Starbaby" Pietrucha was an electronic warfare officer flying in an F-15E Strike Eagle, enforcing the northern no-fly zone over Iraq in the 1990s. In this episode, he brings listeners into the cockpit as he describes one particular mission during that deployment, when his aircraft was targeted by a radar guidance system for an SA-3 antiair missile. Not long after, the Iraqi surface-to-air missile was headed his way. After some rather hasty maneuvering, the F-15E crews in the air developed a plan with other coalition aircraft to strike back.

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