Red Flag ‘77 -
On most occasions, the Squadron was able to counter these attacks by an early spot, a formation split and an even more concentrated dive for the dirt. In this manner, though one of the aircraft might he claimed as a kill, the rest escaped unscathed and would regain track on the timeline. Similarly, against ground defences, the RWRs gave an early warning of a threat and the formation would be able to change direction to avoid the engagement envelope. When unavoidable, crews would fly lower and randomly jink to make the tracking operator’s task more difficult. This made good video material, particularly when accompanied by the tracker’s commentary, which tended to be quite base and emotional. One commentator reported:
‘…. it was more the tactics employed that knocked the Americans off their perches. They had precious little exposure to hard aggressive low level flying of the sort that the Buccs in particular specialised in. The famous incident that has passed into urban flying legand is of a TV repeat of an optical tracker. The screen is tracking a very aggressively flown Bucc at VERY low level and the sound track records various voices saying, to all intents and purposes, “Goddam, I'm gonna go outside and watch this!”’
Some of the Red Air opposition, flying in 
support of the aggressors, were flying the F-
of fuel) well before the target. After attacking the target, and much against our doctrine, the Squadron tangled with a bunch of these F-
As the exercise progressed some embellishments were added to the sorties. On the sixth mission, after a live CBU attack, the aircraft cleared the exercise areas, joined up and flew an eight-
Some very-
