Thumpalumpacus
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Someone's IFF wasn't working, for some reason.
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True., Though given the F-16's forty-five years of service and countless combat sorties own-goals are seemingly rare.
I believe the current encrypted version is Mode 5. Anyone know what is on the UKAF F16s? I definitely would not want that to fall into enemy hands.Someone's IFF wasn't working, for some reason.
Perhaps it's as simple as that. Colonel Oleksiy "Moonfish" Mes, the pilot who died, while a top grade MiG and Sukhoi driver would still be leaning his crate's systems. Perhaps the IFF was switched off? I know it's only a Sim but in the below vid this looks like something a pilot unfamiliar with the Viper might overlook or get wrong in their preflight check list.Someone's IFF wasn't working, for some reason.
Perhaps it's as simple as that. Colonel Oleksiy "Moonfish" Mes, the pilot who died, while a top grade MiG and Sukhoi driver would still be leaning his crate's systems. Perhaps the IFF was switched off? I know it's only a Sim but in the below vid this looks like something a pilot unfamiliar with the Viper might overlook or get wrong in their preflight check list.
View: https://youtu.be/0URHWkyOV3U?feature=shared&t=34
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