18 October 2023 Chapter Meeting

Pizza, Drinks and an F-16 brief: Kurt Gearhart gave part two of Flying the F16 the 1980's - Air to Ground. After a overview of symbology, mission planning and types of weapons carried, Kurt reviewed a 1991 Desert Storm Mission from Day 3 that included 72 F-16's. He did not fly in the mission, but the mission description video and narration demonstrated it's use in combat as a bomber along with the complexity and "fog of war". He showed actual cockpit video from the combat mission of a pilot evading several surface to air missles.