dv wrote:TOS wrote: isn't this supposed to be bullcrap?
'course what to i know, i'm questioning that post so i must be a coward
That's Goose from Top Gun. Also, in the movie, he was killed in a training accident, not in the standoff scene.
It's not like there weren't live-fire incidents between US and Soviet aircraft, though.
http://www.silent-warriors.com/shootdown_list.html
The fact that we were running B-47s around on recon flights in the USSR's airspace is particularly mind-boggling.
I bet you're a load of fun at parties.