AirScrew
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: EGHP
Posts: 17
MJB - 100% agree with your last piece.
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I'm not against inflicting deadly force on the bad guys but their (must be) other strategies and devices that require less pilot currency, technical training and self control to reliably implement.
But I cant believe that US pilots would be trained to go for a head shot on a moving target, even at close range. No way.
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Hopefully no one every details to you what is, or isn't, included in the training.
The nice thing about any self defense training at this level is that it's not on the 1000 yd, 500 yd, or 1000 inch ranges. Shoot, even practicing on a 100 inch range would be unrealistic. This isn't urban, or open terrain, combat with a sidearm. It's spitting distance, or closer, depending upon the aircraft cockpit.
P.S. CA Bud Flagg was EXTREMELY well liked at AA.