Posted on Feb 16, 2022
Fighter Jet from Luke Air Force Base Crashes in 'Fireball' During Training Mission; Pilot Ejects
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These kinds of training accidents happen all the time, I've lost several friends to them. What the article didn't mention very well is what is a Mirage F1 doing at Luke AFB? Luke is a major F-35 training base but training with aircraft that mimic opposition forces isn't usually part of that training.
Fighter Jet from Luke Air Force Base Crashes in 'Fireball' During Training Mission; Pilot Ejects
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Wondering if the Mirage F1 was playing chinese J-10. Looks a little like but does it perform like J10.
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This Mirage is owned and operated by a contractor that flies aggressor missions against our fighters to give them as close to real world fighting as they can get without having to go into combat cold. Most of these are flown by retired or separated Air Force Fighter pilots . It is a good mission and a huge cost savings to the taxpayers and it prepares our fighter guys well to do their mission.
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What goes up must eventually come down, but not necessarily a controlled descent.
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