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Day: May 23, 2020

F-14As choose to engage JASDF J-15Js with AIM-54s instead of dogfighting

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Four F-15Js from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s 304 Squadron were in a dissimilar air combat training with U.S. Navy F-14As many years ago and the lost the fight as the Tomcats choose to employ its AIM-54 instead of entering into dogfights with the Japanese pilots, a former F-15J pilot recalls.

AIM-54 6 Pack uncropped
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CVW-11 starts FCLP at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

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Carrier Air Wing 11 has started its Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam from May 22.

200522-N-LH674-1054 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 22, 2020) U.S. Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) prepare to launch an E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the “Liberty Bells” of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 115, from the ship’s flight deck May 22, 2020. Following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting carrier qualifications during a deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaylianna Genier)

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