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Old 25th Jul 2016, 20:21
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OK465
 
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You know, the Voodoo was nuke armed, but had something lesser known that was nearly as insidious.

I flew T-33 target for the Niagara Falls ANG F-101s in 1971 while waiting for my F-101 checkout (which I passed on and moved on to another unit for a different machine).

One cold night, after a successful intercept on my chaff dispensing T-33 over Lake Ontario, I asked the 101 guy on my wing if he'd show me what the vaunted ID light looked like.

He said, "Are you sure?"

After I (regretfully as it turned out) said "Yes", and he switched it on, it took about 30 minutes to get my night vision back.

When the Deuce was out of ammo, their plan was to ram.....I think the Voodoo could have taken out the stragglers with the light.
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