As it relates to the stolen Canadian C-172 incident earlier this week, this article mentions the intercept training the ANG does with CAP and perhaps goes some way in showing more of our potential value.
Rogue flight put state Guard pilots' training to use (http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090408/GPG0101/904080671/1978)
Quote"When you hear the words 'Real World' coming over the loudspeaker, there's going to be a little more adrenaline flowing than there would be if it were practice," Lt. Col. Bruce Fischer, commander of the air sovereignty alert with the 115th Fighter Wing in Madison told the Green Bay Press-Gazette on Tuesday.
"We train for this kind of thing all the time. We do regular exercises using Civil Air Patrol Cessnas pretending to be guys like this gentleman."
The Wisconsin Air National Guard flies the F-16 fighter jet. They have escorted Cessnas into Green Bay in training exercises, Fischer said.
Nice recognition from the commander of a fighter wing. :) :clap:
I was monitoring 121.5 Monday night and I actually heard the fighters commanding the Cessna thief. I missed the first part of the transmission but caught "...acknowledge this transmission, you have been intercepted!".
CAP........... :clap:
If the Wisconsin Guard had been doing mock intercept training with the Wisconsin wing the stolen 172 would have been a familiar mission.
Too bad they didn't let them do a little gunnery on him.
According to some of the articles I have read, thats what he wanted to happen....
Quote from: sparks on April 09, 2009, 03:26:11 PM
If the Wisconsin Guard had been doing mock intercept training with the Wisconsin wing the stolen 172 would have been a familiar mission.
Um yeah... the WIANG
does do mock intercept training with WIWG, and it
was a familiar mission. ::)
Quote from: CadetProgramGuy on April 12, 2009, 05:56:13 AM
According to some of the articles I have read, thats what he wanted to happen....
Which is why he's getting a court ordered mental evaluation.
Quote from: CadetProgramGuy on April 12, 2009, 05:56:13 AM
According to some of the articles I have read, thats what he wanted to happen....
We should have obliged him and saved a lot of JP4 exhaust blown into the atmosphere.
Quote from: tedda on April 12, 2009, 04:24:22 PM
Quote from: sparks on April 09, 2009, 03:26:11 PM
If the Wisconsin Guard had been doing mock intercept training with the Wisconsin wing the stolen 172 would have been a familiar mission.
Misread it.