Flying With The VFC-111 ‘Sun Downers’, U.S. Navy Adversary Squadron
, 2022-11-17 21:11:05,
Enjoy a behind the scenes view of the U.S. Navy Adversary Squadron VFC-111 “Sun Downers” at NAS Key West.
Friend and long time fan of The Aviationist, U.S. based journalist and producer Jeff Bolton, flew with the VFC-111 “Sun Downers” and became one of the few civilians in the world to fly the legendary F-5F “Franken Tiger”. We sat down with him to get the behind the scenes details.
TA: Hi Jeff, you pulled another military flying rabbit out of the hat with the “Franken Tiger” flights! Give us a little background.
Jeff: David, great to link up with you again after the pandemic. I flew the B-2 before the world shut down and the F-16 once during the madness, so like you I was ready to get back in the air! The Franken Tiger flights were a byproduct of wanting to look into a specific part of the U.S. Navy’s training process and see if, and how, they still train young Naval aviators aviators to dogfight. It seems like something of a lost art in the era of highly advanced BVR air-to-air missiles, but yes, they are definitely teaching dogfighting at a very, very high level.
TA: You were embedded with the Sun Downers squadron for a week at their base in Key West, Florida to…
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