Tue, Nov 14, 2006
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually
derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick
quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and
issues.
Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the
content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
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particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become
future Quotes of the Day.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"CONSTANT PEG afforded pilots an opportunity to learn
how to fight enemy aircraft in a controlled, safe environment
without having to endure the risks of actual air combat. Typically
a pilot would start with a basic familiarization flight to observe
the enemy airplane and study its characteristics, practicing
one-on-one defensive and offensive maneuvers against it, and
finally, experience multi-bogey engagements high over the desert
scrubland of the Nellis Air Force Base ranges."
Source: Brig. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, 3rd Wing
commander at Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK and a former member of
the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron. After decades of secrecy,
Air Force officials acknowledged Monday that Communist-built
fighters were flown at the Tonopah Test Range northwest of Las
Vegas, NV. From 1977 through 1988, the program, known as Constant
Peg, saw Air Force, Navy and Marine aircrews flying against
Soviet-designed MiG fighters as part of a training program where
American pilots could better learn how to defeat or evade the
Communist bloc's fighters of the day.
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