Author Topic: Possible Mig-27 Sighting? (Read 1221 times)

Hawklore · « **on:** July 13, 2005, 11:38:24 AM »

It's the only thing I can say of what I saw..

Saw a wing of three aircraft takeing off from NAS jax.

Triangle wing, shark-fin tail.

F18 sounding engines.

Color was blue-grey/white.

They didn't fly over head.. they were at a distance, couldn't see any intakes.. or anything else..

Others think F16's..

But they were too long for f16's..

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2005, 11:45:06 AM »

F-111 maybe?

Skydancer · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2005, 11:49:07 AM »

F111 sounds about right. seen enough of them from Lakenheath I think it was.

Back when Gadaffi got pasted it was around the same time we were all sent leaflets on how to survive a nuclear attack! I can remember we felt like tgt number one in Suffolk. When those planes began going over regularly on the way to Libya we thought they were Moscow bound and WW3 had started! Scary stuff for a teenager.

http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/

Hawklore · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2005, 11:52:01 AM »

Yea...

Thats much better then the mig..

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2005, 12:16:14 PM »

IAI F-21 Kfir. They are operated by a contractor called ATAC as simulated threat aircraft.

jEEZY · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2005, 12:21:34 PM »

Last time is was in Romania I saw two Mig-21s flying in formation low to the ground--pretty neat

Furball · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2005, 12:26:33 PM »

May have been RAF Tornado's. They are often sent to the states on exercises.

Skydancer · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2005, 12:28:35 PM »

Good pics good plane

Hawklore · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2005, 01:30:24 PM »

Tornado was my first thought, but I thought they woulda been darker..

They were flying in loose formation..

Hawklore · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2005, 01:32:39 PM »

there were alot of aircraft F18's scrambling around about 30mins after I saw them, and a P3 was up in the air right after their formation..

So probally a training exersise..

Either way they were sharp looking planes.

CMC Airboss · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2005, 01:46:52 PM »

It was probably an F-21A Kfir

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/601-700/walk667_F-21A_Abbott/walk667.htm http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/601-700/walk667_F-21A_Abbott/walk667.htm

MiG

Sandman · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2005, 01:48:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Skydancer
F111 sounds about right. seen enough of them from Lakenheath I think it was.

Back when Gadaffi got pasted it was around the same time we were all sent leaflets on how to survive a nuclear attack! I can remember we felt like tgt number one in Suffolk. When those planes began going over regularly on the way to Libya we thought they were Moscow bound and WW3 had started! Scary stuff for a teenager.

http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/

Are there any F-111 still flying? I thought they were all retired in 1996.

SMIDSY · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2005, 02:04:58 PM »

dont they still use em for electronic jamming and such?

Sandman · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2005, 02:25:32 PM »

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Originally posted by SMIDSY
dont they still use em for electronic jamming and such?

That mission was handed over to the EA-6B in the 90's.

indy007 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2005, 04:30:53 PM »

I thought they were still running F-4s with F-16s running Wild Weasel missions? They completely retire them from the role after Desert Storm?