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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: dave siegler on February 05, 2023, 07:03:27 PM
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So Will the pilot of the balloon shootdown count that as an aerial victory?
Will we get a balloon ace soon?
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If that pilot gets 19 more, does he get the Blue Max? Leutnant Stachel?
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Reminds me of “ those magnificent men in their flying machines”.
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Obama got bin laden, Trump got isis and Biden got a balloon. Written on the side was "Weather Barroon" "Totary not for spying".
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The shoot down itself is interesting, probably the highest air to air kill in history and a first for the F22. They used the latest version of the Sidewinder but without a warhead, the idea was basically to poke the balloon which they accomplished. The airplane was several thousand feet below the balloon itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2xz21HvLs8&t=2s