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My scanner remained silent throughout the whole encounter.” I watched in awe as the pair fought it out for 25 minutes before they both climbed to altitude and flew back into Groom Lake restricted airspace. The highly maneuverable Flanker was a single seat version, a Su-27P, and it pulled out all of its best moves to get behind the F-16. The sortie seemed to consist of a head-on intercept, conducted at descending altitudes from 30 down to 20 thousand feet, and after each intercept a turning dogfight ensued after they had flashed past each other. Photographer Phil Drake told, “I took my camera out and photographed the ensuing dogfight between the Flanker and a F-16.

The photos of the SU-27P referred to by Guy Norris on first appeared on on Januwhen we published the shots taken by Phil Drake from Tikaboo Peak outside Groom Lake, Nevada, on Novembetween 3:00 and 3:25 PM local time. Over recent years the unit has operated a variety of Russian-developed combat types, including the MiG-29 and several Sukhoi-developed models such as the Su-27P, one of which was recently observed flying in the vicinity.” The Red Hats became an unnumbered unit within the Detachment 3, AFTC test wing after the 413th flight test squadron (formerly 6513th test squadron) was deactivated in 2004.

(USAF Photo)Ī correspondent Guy Norris wrote late Monday, September 11, that, “Sources indicate Schultz was the Red Hats squadron commander at the time of his death.

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