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Post by delta2477a on Jan 26, 2008 2:53:45 GMT 9
How fast could a BOMARC travel? Was it only capable of flying at one speed, or could it be adjusted?
I remember reading about F-106 pilots chasing BOMARC's down in interception drills if I recall
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Jan 26, 2008 5:57:34 GMT 9
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Post by Black Bart on Jan 26, 2008 6:02:03 GMT 9
As I recall Delta, once a BOMARC was launched it was on it's own. What I mean is the rocket booster got it to speed to ignite the ramjet. Speed was around Mach 2. It was also a last chance weapon, in the Data Link flew it to what in the Six would be an offset point. At that point if the search radar saw a target cross at a specific angle, THAT WAS THE TARGET and it was lights out. If this was the wrong target, tough. All you could do was a self destruct. Hope that explains it. Hope there are more comments. Jack
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Post by Cougar on Jan 26, 2008 6:15:55 GMT 9
How fast could a BOMARC travel? Was it only capable of flying at one speed, or could it be adjusted? I remember reading about F-106 pilots chasing BOMARC's down in interception drills if I recall Delta2477A BOMARC: designed to fly at Mach 2.5-2.8, at an altitude of 60,000 feet - a bit out of F-106 range.
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Post by Black Bart on Jan 26, 2008 6:33:28 GMT 9
Delta, A Six chasing a BOMARC? No way. The Six was supposed to cut off the target from the front or frontal quadrant, like a football linebacker stopping a reception or a running back. Black Bart
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Post by delta2477a on Jan 27, 2008 2:39:21 GMT 9
Well, on this forum I read something about the F-106's flying at high speeds at relatively lower altitudes than normal and melting some stuff, and they were dropping into low altitudes to hunt BOMARC's which they were shooting down as an intercept drill.
Hmmm
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Post by Black Bart on Jan 30, 2008 4:00:39 GMT 9
Delta, If you intend to Dogfight, then the exercise it to get on his tail. If you are going to intercept then you want a frontal approach and preferably looking up at his underside, so you have a better target. Black Bart
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Post by 615crewdog on Feb 10, 2009 4:04:53 GMT 9
I was at Tyndall AFB from 1973-1978 and while I was there we lost one of the 6's that belonged to Test Sq. while the pilot was intercepting a Bomarc. The story I heard was that the pilot got radar lock on the Bomarc and fired his missiles at it. They destroyed the Bomarc but because the closing rate had been estimated at well over mach 4 the "Lead/Collision Computer was saturated from too much data coming in and caused the 6 to fly thru the debris after the target was blown up. Pieces and parts of the debris went down the intakes and fodded the engine. The pilot ejected and was picked up by someone on a pleasure boat. The pilot waited for the base Jolly Greens to come and pick him up thinking they would just lower a cable or basket for him to climb into. When the helo's got to the scene they wanted him to get back in the water so they could do a water rescue. The pilot was still wearing his "Moon suit" minus the helmet when he jumped back in the water. His suit started filling with water and he almost drown before the rescue swimmer could get to him.
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Post by jwcoon on Mar 24, 2009 22:21:39 GMT 9
BOMARCs were launched out of MacDill uprange towards the Tyndall/Eglin "intercept area". Pilots indeed had the front quadrant approach to take it out. The unspoken rule was simple, if the Dart missed the Eagle strafed it on a high speed, narrow angle frontal intercept to knock it down. Sometimes two Eagles were on standby for this.
In 81 or 82 while the 49th FIS was at Tyndall one of our flight line troops was on an "I" ride with missiles. I remember his name was Craig, I think, but we called him Froggy. Anyway either he was on the actual mission ride, which i seem to doubt, or they were called in as a "last chance charlie" and fired on the BOMARC as it came "upstream". As I recall Froggy is the only enlisted guy, that i know of, that has the "pigtail" from a BOMARC kill.
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