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Turkishdelightaseagleflieshigh 26 NEWS 19 January 2016 | THE NATIONALIST Carlow GP Dr Declan Woods has had a lifelong interest in military aviation and photography. He has travelled the world to both capture the images and see at first hand the enormous technological advances behind these extraordinary aircraft. The Mullingar native has run a medical practice in Carlow since 1980. His surgery is located at Shamrock Plaza, Carlow and he lives in Oak Park. In this article, Dr Woods takes a look at the US Air Force’s tactics in the Vietnam War and recent NATO manoeuvres in Turkey Turkish delight as Eagle flies high LOCATED at the control of the skies North Vietnamese ppiilloottss Turkish Air Force’s over the north of that were llikikely ttoo rreettuurrnn A Turkish Air Force F-4E 2020 111 Filo based at Eskisehir third main jet base in country. US Navy pilots to tthheieir ssqquuadadrroonnss.. Konya, central Turkey, had recorded success Somewhere aalonlong tthhee the Anatolian Eagle rates of 15:1 against line, ccrruucialcial lleessssoonnss hhaadd Training Centre (AETC) the Japanese in the been lloosstt aanndd aannsswweerrss organises and hosts Pacifi c and their Air were nneeededed. the Andolu Kartali Force counterparts had In 11996688,, tthhee US (Anatolian Eagle) series recorded rates of 7.5:1 Navy ccoommmimissioned of live exercises for fl ying F-86 Sabre jets an iinvenvestigation, fi ghter pilots from many against Communist Mig which iissssuueedd tthhee nnooww counties. 15s of similar capability. famous Ault RReeppoorrtt. The AETC includes By comparison, And iitt ddididnn’’tt ppuullll aannyy a dedicated ramp and America’s tactical punches. 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Outside North humbled in dogfights of a master’s degree ‘Top Gun’, which, with USAF have continued security operations, and usually consisting of America, it would with what was regarded in air combat manoeu- some poetic licence, these programmes the Bosnia and Kosovo Turkish and interna- certainly appear to be as a ‘peasant’-based air vring (ACM) and was portrayed in the to the present day. In wars, the Turkish Air tional squadrons, with the leading exercise of force. weapons usage. Ideally, fi lm of the same name. 1978, a similar exercise Force was in a position combined air opera- its kind. No country, not even this would be against As a direct result of this was established by to offer training to its tions on tactical and the United States of dissimilar aircraft-flying action, US Navy losses Canada at Cold Lake international partners strategic targets in America, could afford enemy tactics. It was dropped and success Air Force Base, Alberta. and allies, with the fi rst ‘red’ land, which is ORIGINS to continue trading also realised (by the rates improved. By the Anatolian Eagle Anatolian Eagle exercise defended by fi ghter Despite a history of expensive fi ghter Air Force) that once a end of the war in 1973, continues the process taking place in 2001. aircraft and simulated overwhelming success aircraft and valuable pilot had completed ten the US Navy kill-to-loss started more than 40 Turkey’s geopolit- surface-to-air missiles. in World War II and aircrews on a 1:1 basis, combat missions his ratio had increased to years ago. ical position, between The exercises are high- the Korean War, US particularly when the chance of completing 12:1. Europe and Asia, its tech, highly computer- fi ghter pilots in the early US crews were likely to his tour of duty rose The US Air Force, proximity to the major ised and sophisticated. years of the Vietnam become prisoners of dramatically. These however, had a HISTORY OF energy sources of the The command and War found themselves war after bailing out of courses were designed continuing poor ANATOLIAN EAGLE world and its legacy of control centre observes losing the battle for their aircraft, whereas to simulate a wartime air-to-air record until being NATO’s eastern all participants through From ththee eaearrllyy 191980s,80s, bulwark aaggaaininst tthhee air ccoommbbaatt mmaannooeeuu-- the TTuurrkkiisshh AAiirr FFoorrccee Soviet UUnniionon hhavave vring iinnsstrutrummeennttaattiionon Turkish Air Force F-16C 141 Filo, based at Ankara. adopted a pphhililosophy ooff resulted iinn iitt hhavaviningg oonnee (ACMI) ppodods ccaarrrriieedd A USAF F-15C takes off in the background ‘no mmaatttteerr hhooww mmooddeerrnn of tthhee wwoorrlldd’’ss llaarrggeesstt externally bbyy tthhee fi ghter the wweeaappoonsns aarree,, iitt air ffoorrcceess.. TThhiiss ffoorrccee aircraft ththrroouugghh tthhee is tthhee mmeenn wwhhoo uussee is momoddeerrnn aanndd wwelell AWAC aaiirrccrraafftt aanndd them tthhaatt ccoouunnttss’’.. WWiitthh equipped, mmaannnneedd also tthhrroouugghh llanand A US Air Force F-15C from the 483rd Fighter Squadron, based at RAF Lakenheath, England THE NATIONALIST | 19 January 2016 NEWS 27 radars. This allows for The stated aims of AE extremely accurate 2015/1 were: a 15, based at Zaragoza A Spanish Air Force EF-18M, Al post-mission debriefs Improving the capa- and precise analysis of bilities of international all missions fl own. elements in daytime Countries sending joint operations and detachments to also improving their Anatolian Eagle do mutual support capa- so at significant cost bility and therefore expect Enhancing training a good return on their levels of participants investment. To date, 14 by providing a realistic countries have attended operational environ- AE exercises and most ment within a generic of these have been scenario, from simple to complex. TThhiiss iinncclluuddeess planannnining aanndd eexxeeccuuttiinngg combined aaiirr ooppeerraattiionons against wwelell-defended targets deployed 12 F-15 fi ghter Turkish Air Force 123rd Providing ooppppoorrttuunniittyy aircraft from the 48th Weapons and Tactics ��� �� �� ������ �� �������� to ttrryy nnewew ttaaccttiiccss aanndd Fighter Wing from RAF Squadron said Anatolian techniques. Lakenheath in England. Eagle presents realistic They fl ew a total of training environments 72 sorties (122 fl ying for allied and partner hours) and were accom- nations with similar panied by approxi- practices and doctrines. mately 250 personnel. “Recent woperations Lt Colonel John show that close co-or- Stratton, 493rd Fighter dination and precise Squadron commander, communication is said the large-force very important in the training was similar to execution of the opera- Red Flag: “It increases tional plan,” he said. our inter-operability The Turkish Air Force because it gives our is a modern, sophisti- pilots a chance to come cated organisation. The eexxeerrcciissee uusseedd together, to mission It has state-of-the-art repeat ppaarrttiicciippaannttss.. the ttriried-and-tested plan, brief, execute aircraft and equipment formula ooff a ‘‘bblluuee’’ and debrief. We can with highly trained and team aattttaacckkiinngg ttaarrggeettss see what works and motivated aircrew and ANATOLIAN EAGLE defended bbyy tthhee ‘‘rreded’
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