Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flying behind the target at a distance...
...what may have been a belated attempt to muscle in as the main stalker, the MiG-23 fighter confirms that he is also in the favored 6-o'clock position 25 km, or 15½ miles, behind the target, ready to go in for the kill...
With a colorful exclamation (see box), Pilot 805 emphasizes that he is the one prepared to attack the target. His effusiveness could also simply reflect his natural excitement or fear at the sight of the indicator light, signaling him to fire...
...pilot of the Su-15 decides (or is told by ground control) that he needs to get closer to the target. He accelerates and gets within a little more than a mile of the jumbo jet, which remains oblivious to the danger. Simultaneously, he turns off his weapons' lock-on system so that he can reposition it properly later, when he is ready to fire. Once again, he reports to the ground that 007's strobe light is blinking...
...going around it. I'm already moving in front of the target...