"You Arrogant Ass, You've Killed Us!"

"user314" (user314) 04/24/2019 at 13:28 • Filed to: mig-31, Russia, red air force, Oops, Planelopnik

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The Russian news organization Baza has produced a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! detailing how one !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! accidentally shot down another in 2017.

Two MiG-31s in flight

The two interceptors were engaging a target drone when the wing-man accidentally targeted the lead plane instead. Due to a fault in the IFF system, the MiG’s backseater did not realize the error, and two live !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (NATO calls them AA-9 Amos) were launched. Apparently the other MiG’s RWR was working, as they were able to eject before the airplane was destroyed.

An R-33 mounted underneath a MiG-31 at the 1999 Moscow Air Show

The crew of the targeted MiG survived, and the crew of the targeting MiG was found to have committed a “violation of safety measures and missions for flight, expressed in the premature activation of the aircraft’s on-board radar station by the navigator and the unauthorized launch of the R-33 guided missiles by the commander,”  

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > user314 04/24/2019 at 13:52

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Wait, Mig31s are still flying these days? Wow the Wiki link says they’re expected to fly till 2030.

For Sweden > user314 04/24/2019 at 13:56

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The firing Russian jet discovered a small Russian-speaking population inside the other jet, and followed its  instincts.

InFierority Complex > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 04/24/2019 at 13:59

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It’s not like they are any older than the F-15 and F-16.

user314 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 04/24/2019 at 14:01

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Yeah, the Foxhounds were manufactured between ‘75 and ‘94, so they’re low hours. The Russians have also been keeping them current, if not exactly reliable.. .  

benn454 > user314 04/24/2019 at 14:03

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 You never, ever shoot your wingman.

facw > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 04/24/2019 at 14:03

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They are contemporaries with our 4th gen fighters, so it doesn’t seem terribly shocking.

user314 > benn454 04/24/2019 at 14:03

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“In Soviet Russia, wingman leave you!”

benn454 > user314 04/24/2019 at 14:05

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Mother Russia regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because  idiots in other plane were stupid.

Discerning > InFierority Complex 04/24/2019 at 14:43

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This. 99% sure it was two F-15' s I saw flying low near Dobbins ARB.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > user314 04/24/2019 at 14:45

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*thinkingpleasewaitthinking*

battleship!

thats where the headlines from right?

*reallyhopingididntmixupmymoviequotesagain*

user314 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 04/24/2019 at 14:51

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Hunt for Red October , when the October kills the A lfa with their own torpedo.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > user314 04/24/2019 at 15:15

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damnit... i suck at this game

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/24/2019 at 16:12

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Edgy. Good, but edgy. 

wafflesnfalafel > user314 04/24/2019 at 21:46

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T hat’s about it... weapons hot, safeties off. Sh!t happens when you are playing with missiles....humans are not infallible...

pip bip - choose Corrour > user314 04/25/2019 at 06:30

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did the pilot keep his job?

Carneyy3 > benn454 04/25/2019 at 10:03

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Well.  You're the backseat guy, eyes on your screen, which is telling you it's locked on to the target, not to a wingman.  So isn't the real stupidity on the part of the engineers? 

user314 > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/25/2019 at 10:25

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Pretty sure he’s now flying planeloads of rubber dog shit out of Shanghai...

user314 > Carneyy3 04/25/2019 at 10:29

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More so on the maintenance crew. The Russians have IFF, same as everyone else, but it failed to prevent the lock-on in this case. 

benn454 > Carneyy3 04/25/2019 at 11:09

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 Have you not seen Top Gun?

Carneyy3 > benn454 05/04/2019 at 17:16

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Also, are there idiots who are not stupid? 

Carneyy3 > benn454 05/04/2019 at 17:16

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It's been a few decades.