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A-7D Shot Down by AMRAAM?


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At the Ejection History site they had this in the USAF A-7 section:

4th August 1988 USAF A-7D Corsair II 72-0257 166th TFS OH ANG Tyndall AFB Shot down with AMRAAM

i think the AMRAAM was under going testing during that time frame, did one go astray?

Jari

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Murph I found this ...

http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project..._pages/1988.htm

and

http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraf...II/A_7_USAF.HTM

just scroll to the correct date and you have the details..

Holmes,

I don't see anything in the first link about it, the second link lists it, but there's no amplifying details. I can't imagine a circumstance at WSEP that would put an A-7D in that situation. They had only started coming to WSEP a year or so before to fire the AIM-9, so that couldn't be it. I flew drone chase on a couple of AIM-120 test shots a year or so prior to that, and they were (as always) very careful about clearing the shoot box of surface and air traffic. I'd be curious to see some original details on it.

Regards,

Murph

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