Fox 1, Fox 2...

[Hacker15e]

I've flown at Red Flags with the European Viper drivers and I remember hearing them call "Fox 6"...interesting call. What she actually shot were two Fox 3s at a hostile.

That was a commonplace practice amongst some communities about 10 or so years ago. I didn't see it much in the F-15E, but I did see some F-15C and F-16 dudes use it occasionally. What's more common now is, "Blade 03, Fox 3 times two, bullseye 236/78, 20 thousand."

 

[Hacker15e]

The angels altitude call is for friendlies. We use Fox 1 as a Red Air (bandit) shooting a Blue and we also use it for Aim-7s.

In my experience, red air normally calls their shot based on threat type; "MiG 1, Alamo eastern, 11 thousand." "MiG 1, Archer, western leader, 15 thousand."

When I did red air in the AT-38, we used "Fox 2" because we were replicating an AIM-9P (or P+), even when the aircraft we were replicating was MiG-21 (we didn't have the capes required to replicate Archer or Aphid, based on the actual 3-1 replication criteria).

 

[///AMG]

Yeah I have always heard red-air call the appropriate FSU missile type BVR, or just "smoke in the air" in the WVR environment.

 

[traumachicken]

I want and wish I understood what you are all talking about right now, but im lost in the smoke.

 

[MikeD]

In my experience, red air normally calls their shot based on threat type; "MiG 1, Alamo eastern, 11 thousand." "MiG 1, Archer, western leader, 15 thousand."

Red Air CAS Frogfoot here, baby.

 

[mhcasey]

Or more commonly for b course wingmen like me, "Fox 3! Wait, , shot trashed! 2's blind 6.9!"

 

[MikeD]

Or more commonly for b course wingmen like me, "Fox 3! Wait, , shot trashed! 2's blind 6.9!"

Just let it go Maddog.

 

[///AMG]

Or more commonly for b course wingmen like me, "Fox 3! Wait, , shot trashed! 2's blind 6.9!"

Sounds about right....."fox 3......pitbull....uhhh.....cheapshot.....uhhh (gargling choking noise) trashed" At least if you call yourself out in TACTS, you don't have to pay the fine