"Bogeyl Contact! I have a Judy at 2 o'clock! Splash!"
That clipped series of radio messagesfrom an F-15 pilot reporting a "kill" during a training missiontells much about modern air combat and why the planes best at it are in demand. Translated, the pilot's message is that his radar has locked onto an enemy planea "Judy" in U.S. airmen's jargon67° to the right of his aircraft and that the missile he fired sent the enemy spiraling into the sea. Flying at speeds of up to 2,000 m.p.h.33 miles a minutethe pilot got his splash...
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