F-16 Falcon vs F-14 Tomcat Dogfight
Writing by Tolip on Friday, 2 of November , 2007 at 10:39 pm
Dissimilar air combat training ( DACT ) was introduced as a formal US air combat training during the Vietnam war, following the 9 to 1 kill ratio of North Korean MiGs over US air assets. Thus Topgun was introduced. The idea of the DACT is to place pilots in simulated aerial combat using different types of aircraft ( rather then have them using the same type ) in order to understand the value of knowing the enemy’s weak points. Here is a video of Topgun DACT featuring the US Navy F-16 Falcon versus the F-14 Tomcat . The instructors, flying the Vipers, play the role of aggressors while the students fly the Tomcats. Seems the students still have something to learn.
Category: Dogfight, Videos, US Military Aircraft, Military Aircraft
Comment by John
Made Thursday, 28 of August , 2008 at 10:03 pm
So it was established because the kill ration was 9:1 in favour of the US? Rubbish! The kill ratio was higher for the MiGs when flown by trained Russian pilots, obviously the Koren pilots were not as succesful. The MiG-15 was a far superior plane to the F-86 and hence the reason for the US offereing 100k and asylum to the first defector. DACT: Dissimilar Air Combat Training. Dissimilar meaning that the MiG was far more advanced an another level so the US had to come up with a training program to deal with it.
Comment by Frank
Made Monday, 15 of September , 2008 at 11:39 pm
No, the information is wrong. Half point for Tolip and none for John. The reason why TopGun was developed is because of the result of air superiority over Vietnam. The guided missile systems came to effect during this period in the next generation of fighter aircraft, in that the gun was deleted from many designs in this generation. So our pilots mainly dependended on the “easy kill scenario”, with missiles. At this time also, dogfighting skills were not instilled in these pilots because of the dependency of the new missiles. Kill ratios were becoming an issue that in close range, missiles would over shoot and otherwise. So our pilots were getting shot down, let alone gunned down, by our adversaries. That is why TopGun was formed.
