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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: VIFF (was  The Snakebite/Pougachev's Cobra)
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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 90 04:01:46 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
>Some news sources reported that the British used the VIFF maneuver
>(Vectoring In Forward Flight) during the Falklands party, but I can't
>remember reading any authoritative reports of results.

Ethell&Price's "Air War South Atlantic", still the best account I've seen
of air combat in the Falklands, says quite firmly that these reports were
mistaken, and there was no use of VIFFing whatsoever.  It is important to
realize that the Argentine air force high command got the shakes after
the Vulcan raids, and pulled back all their trained fighter squadrons
to defend the mainland air bases.  The Harriers spent most of the war
picking off relatively defenseless bombers, which could not shoot back
effectively; the only real problem was finding them before they could
attack British ships or ground forces.
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