Scott "Soup" Campbell

Executive Director of Operations, Victory Strategies. Executive Coach. Retired A-10 Pilot, Fighter Weapons School Instructor & Senior Leader. Mil Spouse & Dad.

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@PatMcAfeeShow - you should pay Eddie Pinero $1M for hitting the crossbar!!!

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@AdamSpitler1 @thenewarea51 Speed is life until you need to kill something.

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@StanRMitchell @kchawg987 👍

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@StanRMitchell @kchawg987 They will be key. I flew the MQ-9 for a year while in Afghanistan and it is a highly capable asset in the hands of a trained operator. It has great loiter time, sensors and a reasonable payload (4 AGM-114s + 2 GBU-38s or GBU-12s). Based on fighter force cuts, RPAs will be needed.

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@0xmarkdams @kchawg987 Right before I took it down the #1 engine...

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@GreaseyMonk @kchawg987 I never fought against the F-14 in air to air but I did against the F-18; the Hornet has excellent slow speed handling so they could get down & turn with us really well. I flew in the backseat of the F/A-18D a few times but not off the boat. My only cat shot/trap was in the S-3.

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@JamesInSWGA @kchawg987 It sure is.

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@HollowM38743396 @kchawg987 I've been lucky enough to fly the P-51 a few times and one ride in the back of the P-40.

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@AKF1975 @kchawg987 Good question...you should ask the Air Force.

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@thenewarea51 @kchawg987 Top Gun, the original.

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@osully1369 @kchawg987 No, we need some. Not all 281, but at least a few squadrons. The CAS capability of the USAF is dwindling.

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@DouglasCP @kchawg987 Routinely in the A-10A days. We always had them on for night sorties. In Operation Anaconda in 2002, I specifically asked for an IR Maverick to be loaded for just that reason.

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@StanRMitchell @kchawg987 The end is coming; we're retiring 42 aircraft this year and 54 more in fiscal year 2025.

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@aimhighflygirl @kchawg987 Sheet metal was always ready to step up when speed tape wasn't going to work! Even better than the sound it is the smell of cordite in the cockpit after you shoot. Sound of freedom...ask anybody who has been on the ground in contact when A-10s show up.

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@vhaq_aero @kchawg987 To go from the start of pilot training to combat mission ready fighter pilot, roughly 2-2.5 years.

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@ISBsupervisor @kchawg987 Probably not...don't think they'd ever figure out how to inegrate the 30mm cannon while maintaining low observable signature!

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@andrewatdca @kchawg987 The aircraft has had a total velocity vector (TVV) since the 90s. In certain degraded/failure modes, you get an approximation based on AoA. If the HUD is out (never saw that in 3000 hours), you'd have nothing, but I didn't use the TVV for much other than landing anyhow.

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@flixpixel1 @kchawg987 Our flight manual provides the max +/- Gs for the aircraft. Outside of that, the only other G consideration for "optimum" in any given situation is 1)make sure the aircraft is stable at 1G for weapons release and 2)safe escape/safe separation requires achieving 4Gs in 2 seconds.

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@Nick65979825 @kchawg987 @SeamusBlackley CBU-87 is heavily dependent on the weapon settings (fuze delay, height of function and RPM). The less dive angle, the greater the error based on target designation and release point error. If threat permits, I would do a CCIP 30 or 45 deg DB; CCRP, 10 deg dive toss.

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@AntoniMY1982 @kchawg987 We selected Scorpion because at the time JHMCS was not NVG compatible. The tracker was better as well because it did not require cockpit mapping. JHMCS II is far more capable than the original & demonstrates the power of competing systems to drive enhancements.