Your Weekly Lex, For Strength

Lost opportunities

By lex, on June 6th, 2007

It was late January or early February almost ten years ago when my wingman and I rattled down the cats, each of us carrying one of the then brand-new Joint Stand-Off Weapons (JSOW). In the best traditions of the strike fighter service, we were also carrying an AIM-120 AMRAAM mounted on a cheek station, with a forward looking infrared (FLIR) pod on its opposite. Each of us also had a pair of AIM-9M Sidewinders on our wingtips and of course a full drum of 20mm in the nose. We were ready to strut down main street.

Continued:

Being that I’m going to be sort of busy for the next ten days or so I’m going to treat you all to a five part story by Lex to keep you all entertained whilst I fly the cold northern skies.  Enjoy, it’s one of my favorites. 

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