Students from the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) held their graduation capstone event Nov. 18-20, 2022, at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada and five pilots from the 194th Fighter Squadron, 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard were invited to play as opponents.
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Capt. Dane Ruhnau from the 194th FS was one of those F-15 pilots that took part in the capstone events, which are comprised of simulated one-on-one combat engagements.
“You don’t know what airframe you’re fighting until you arrive at the merge,” Ruhnau said. “At the merge, you must visually identify your counterpart and adjust your plan according to what you see. In my engagement, I merged with an F/A-18F Super Hornet. I knew he would have the advantage in low-speed maneuvering, and I would have the advantage in power.”
“As the engagement progressed, I was able to maintain the offensive position by using my aircraft to perform a vertical loop to end up in the Hornet’s control zone,” Ruhnau said. “From the control zone, I was able to get a gun shot on the Hornet before we had to terminate the fight for fuel.”
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Edit the article to read: The F15 engines are so impressive that they’re able to out power countless AIM120s and AIM9s cruising down it’s intakes as the ignorant pilot violates every BFM axiom to arrive at a gun solution.