America will be safe during superbowl

[yvesg]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a19202/heres-how-f-15s-practice-intercept-procedures-for-the-super-bowl/

Cessna's will be in check. No fouling around.

Yves

[Awful_Charlie]

Ah yes....

Edited February 5, 2016 by Awful_Charlie

[DAVIDWH]

Really not so bad.

A friend of mine was intercepted a few years ago. He just rocked his wings and gave the  middle finger (while laughing)  to

the air force pilot. The intercepting pilot laughed back, waved and rolled away never to be seen again.

Not even a phone # to call.

How things have changed.

[steingar]

Security theatre at its finest.  Welcome to Amerika.  Not certain who won, but  I know who lost.  Us.

[1964-M20E]

They should have used a Mooney the F-15 could stay flying instead of falling from the sky.

 

That would be neat to do have an F-15, 22 or 35 come by and practice intercepts.

 

[kpaul]

I have been intercepted by the Dutch Air Force, it's interesting to say the least. 

[Hank]

1 hour ago, 1964-M20E said:

They should have used a Mooney the F-15 could stay flying instead of falling from the sky.

 

Yeah, I wondered about that myself. Looked like it was beginning to stall. If that's what happens with a 182, what will the Eagle look like trying to fly beside a 172, Grumman or Commander (to say nothing of a 152, Champ, etc.)?   Of course, he could always crank in some more power and just circle around it!

[carusoam]

MSFS has a mission...

you are an F/A-18 pilot.  Your mission is to intercept a Cessna caravan doing Sightseeing flights at 1000' agl.

The challenge is to get down, slow down, fly in close formation, and keep the engines from stalling before the plane does... Then don't run out of time or you have to start over...

Doing this with an F-15 in real life,. That looks as uncomfortable in real life as my sim experience did.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on line for very few dollars.  It is licensed by a company call Steam. So it is called the Steam edition.  Not to be confused with the old steam gauge edition...

Best regards,

-a-

[steingar]

Seems to me the military has lots of helicopters that might be a tad more suitable for this mission.

[N201MKTurbo]

I just herd a news story that said the FAA had authorized "deadly force" to stop drones! At the super bowl.

Sense when does the FAA use deadly force? 

Does that mean they will shoot down the drones, or find and shoot the operator? 

How about a 50 cal right through the Sky Cam!

 

When I first bought my plane I used to form up with the banner towers over Mile High Stadium and watch the game.

[N201MKTurbo]

When I was a young buck, before I learned to fly, I worked for the county radio shop. I was driveing around wasting county gas out west of town and saw an F15 from Luke having a dog fight with a crop duster! 

If the spray plane had guns, the F15 would be a smoking hole. 

[irishpilot]

It's all about speed and geometry for intercepts. Although a helicopter can fly slow, it can't intercept as well when not high aspect. Any modern fighter can fly Cessna speeds with flaps down while their wingman keeps a tactical airspeed. As long as folks check the status of TFRs, they won't have to worry about getting intercepted.

[N201MKTurbo]

Being the snarky SOB that I am, I always figured that if I was ever intercepted I would, as a courtesy, slow to minimum controllable speed. 

BTW, I'm sitting at a bar in the C Concorse of PDX waiting for someone else to drive me home...

Edited February 5, 2016 by N201MKTurbo

[ArtVandelay]

I've seen this, it's amazing how they can slow flight a F15, the 2nd F15 stays above just in case.

[Yetti]

So ignoring Posse Comitatus.  Where do the bullets land when they fire off rounds at a drone?     For that matter where does the c172 parts land after getting hit by a sidewinder?  It's a 32 mile TFR how long does it take to get across it going supersonic?  And who is watching the airspace while the decoy plane is being escorted to land?  And did they plane for a Japanese Balloon type attack?    Security theater with emphasis on theater

[Yetti]

OH and who is watching the TFR while they are refueling?    If you point a cop radar gun at the F-15 will it set off the laser lock alerts?

[N201MKTurbo]

4 hours ago, Yetti said:

OH and who is watching the TFR while they are refueling?    If you point a cop radar gun at the F-15 will it set off the laser lock alerts?

Probably not. Speed radar is CW Doppler, a fighter planes radar will tighten its sweep angle and speed, this is how they can tell if an enemy is locked on.

[HRM]

Few things scare me more in the air than a 20-something in a multi-million-dollar-high-performance-state-of-the-art US military aircraft.

While touring the USS Lexington yesterday I was blown away by Ensign Smith or some such label on the side of a fighter on the flight deck. Good grief, when I was a butterbar I barely knew my a** from a hole in the ground. 

Now that I am a sixty-something old fart I find that I have come full-circle 

Lastly, to our enemies--be afraid, be very afraid.

[Guest]

A multi million or billion dollar jet will never stop a committed suicide bomber.  That takes boots on the ground.

Clarence

[Awful_Charlie]

Sort of reminds me of this

[HRM]

22 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

A multi million or billion dollar jet will never stop a committed suicide bomber.  That takes boots on the ground.

Clarence

Yes, jets are for air targets.

Don't forget all those twenty-somethings in the boots. BTDT

[mike_elliott]

16 hours ago, irishpilot said:

As long as folks check the status of TFRs, they won't have to worry about getting intercepted.

Its those pesky mobile TFR's that cannot be announced for some self serving important reason security reasons before hand that are tough..

[Yetti]

I would think a C172 at 50-100 AGL could go where ever it wanted to

[Shadrach]

32 minutes ago, Yetti said:

I would think a C172 at 50-100 AGL could go where ever it wanted to

We know that a gyrocopter certainly can...

[bonal]

The TFR is now and it's really large much bigger than regular season games and I think even those for the POTUS when he comes looking to raise funds. And all of the controlled fields are requiring that you make landing reservations even outside of the TFR and that has been for a few days now. They have to make space for all the jets that are here for the show.  I wonder how many corp and private kerosene burners are here today.