527th Aggressor Pilot Training Program & Dog Fighting
Introduction montage: Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, Pentagon’s 2024th Communication Group Airman at large switchoard, WWII low-level bombing mission, CH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, fighter bomber low over field, pilot, helicopter.
07:42:12 Title: AFN Air Force Now
07:42:22 Scenics: England church, tavern, English Alconbury AFB w/ camouflaged fighter plane w/ wing-tip rockets intercut w/ double decker bus on narrow country road, red phone booth, sheep, F-5E planes taxiing. 527th Aggressor Squadron.
07:43:22 Jimmy Doe, pilot, explains teaching NATO & AF pilots in combat dog fighting. Briefing pilots re mission. Examining slides re Warsaw Pact air tactics. Maintenance of aircraft. F-15 pilot. Training aggressor F-5E pilots to play the role of Warsaw Pact pilots.
07:45:22 Simulated briefing of East German pilots in German. Hanger door opens multiple times. Dramatic shots of aggressor pilots taking off in Warsaw Pact uniforms, in flight, dog fights, radar units swirling, air craft controllers. Landing. (GOOD)
Cold War;
527th Aggressor Pilot Training Program & Dog Fighting Introduction montage: Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, Pentagon’s 2024th Communication Group Airman at large switchoard, WWII low-level bombing mission, CH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, fighter bomber low over field, pilot, helicopter. 07:42:12 Title: AFN Air Force Now 07:42:22 Scenics: England church, tavern, English Alconbury AFB w/ camouflaged fighter plane w/ wing-tip rockets intercut w/ double decker bus on narrow country road, red phone booth, sheep, F-5E planes taxiing. 527th Aggressor Squadron. 07:43:22 Jimmy Doe, pilot, explains teaching NATO & AF pilots in combat dog fighting. Briefing pilots re mission. Examining slides re Warsaw Pact air tactics. Maintenance of aircraft. F-15 pilot. Training aggressor F-5E pilots to play the role of Warsaw Pact pilots. 07:45:22 Simulated briefing of East German pilots in German. Hanger door opens multiple times. Dramatic shots of aggressor pilots taking off in Warsaw Pact uniforms, in flight, dog fights, radar units swirling, air craft controllers. Landing. (GOOD) Cold War;