Kosovo MiG Kill
	Taxi back to the chocks was like having a bunch of kids following an ice cream truck! Everyone came running out and waited at the parking spot for Boxer and I. Boxer taxied in front of me as I pulled into my spot. Losing all professionalism and radio discipline (yada yada...), I called out on Ops freq: "Boxer, You're the SHIT!!!" Getting out of the jet and greeting all the bros and maintainers was THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY CAREER!!! Our Ops Grp commander [Name] was first to shake my hand, followed by the mob! We were laughing, shouting, hooting, high fiving, and hugging! It was awesome! Couldn't wait to review the tapes, we all piled into the "Turtle" and watched my HUD tapes. Thank God it recorded everything clearly, including the fireball from the trailer. Xx and Xx almost knocked me over when they came storming into the Turtle! We were all screaming and jumping so hard in the Turtle I though it was going to fall over! Too bad Boxer's VSD tape did not run, and his HUD tape was washed out due to high aperture setting. Boxer and I were laughing and high fiving the entire car ride home! We weren't even supposed to fly that day! Some afterthoughts... No kidding it took over a day for this to finally sink in. It felt almost surreal that day/night. Our MX officer said it best when he saw me hours after I shut down engines: "So, Cxx, have you landed yet?" Only one word can describe this event: F**ING unbelievably lucky! Not the fact we shot them down, but that they were airborne during our watch. Any Eagle driver could've easily done what Boxer and I did, but as Xx said: "You guys won the lottery!" Click to continue		The sequence of events happened in our favor like the planets lining up. The jets, the missiles, the radar (well, at least mine) performed marvelously! Our MX dudes deserve the bulk of the credit. We had no spares that day. The crew chiefs and the Pro Super, [Name], absolutely BUSTED THEIR ASS working red balls and launched us on time! Boxer, my wingman, what can I say? Regardless of whose missile hit which Mig, WE shot down two Fulcrums that afternoon. We succeed as a team, and fail as a team (good thing it was the former)! Boxer did an OUTSTANDING job of finding the group, working the ID matrix, and target according to plan. If I didn't have faith in him, I would not have broke lock and break out the lead trail formation. Of course I'm proud of what we did, but there's one thing I'll really stick out my chest for: To everyone who taught me and influenced me on my tactical flying and gave me long debriefs (though painful at times), especially (names omitted), I DID NOT LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!! It doesn't get much better than this guys! Well, maybe two more kills would be pretty cool... That's all I have to say about that! For these images and more go directly to the Air Force: Kosovo Site Join a discussion forum on this article by clicking   HERE.
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