Dismayed by worse than expected results in the skies over Vietnam, the US military began to study the problem.
The Department of the Navy decided that the issue was inadequate training for close-in fighting. A cadre of experienced F-8 Crusader pilots led the charge to reform air combat maneuvering.
Their mascot helped, too.
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Instantly thought of this image when the SR71 scene popped up
Ah, good old F-4 Phantom. 2nd sexiest American naval jet. Behind the F-14 of course.
Fucking awesome. Great story.
I love this.
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Oh, this is a gem. Any tie-in to any other stories?
Extremely interesting, but that ending so made it look like it was part of a considerably bigger story.
Oh, and if that's not dedication to a prank, I don't know what it is. Did she always speak English or did she learn in Nam'/after that?
Love it!
"It takes a fighter with a gun to kill a MiG-21!"
Thata girl, Rainbow!
Very nicely done, sir! I enjoyed this story so much, I read it twice. Loved the fighter jock descriptions, too. The ' no shi, I was there and I saw it' is one of my favorites, and is, oddly, a good indication of a true story.
Okay, now I've found something in the Silly Ideas bin. Happens I was just re-reading Coram's biography of John Boyd with Hammond's retrospective of Boyd's work a while ago. Rainbow meets Tomcat Connolly and bursts a bubble or two.
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"Well, at least this one has a gun."
I loved how you combined naval (aerial) history with a cartoon character. The two have been hand in hand since the first ship took to the sea to the modern day, where squadrons have adopted their own symbols, some of which have remained the same since WWII.
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Whoa, that's unexpected, I submitted it almost a day ago.
Neat concept. The joke at the end definitely made me smile too. Well played indeed Rainbow, well played indeed.
no. The problem for US pilots in Vietnam was that Vietnam had the best air defenses in the world, MiG-17s didn't have missiles and the US forces ONLY used missiles which didn't work half the time, and US forces were prohibited from going into North Vietnam.
the F-8 also had gun problems and its guns constantly jammed
can we have more please?
In the end RD revealed she played the biggest prank.
LOL this was great. I love the casual realism of this.
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If you appreciate other stories about Rainbow in the human world, I once wrote one where she went as Jeff Gordon for Halloween.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/23103/11/the-roommate/11-canadians-dont-understand-nascar