This image is now making the endless copypaste Tumblr rounds wrongly labelled as “missiles in the stratosphere”. But if those are not really missiles, what are they? The answer is much more interesting, according to Military.com.
Two Mig-29 [on the background] intercepted by F-15 Eagles [the two trails flying away and crossing] of the 21st Composite Fighter Wing. The 43rd and 54th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, part of the 21st CFW, patrolled 580,000 square miles from the North Pole to the tip of the Aleutian Islands.
MAVERICK! ICEMAN! Get out of the locker room! (I know, they flew F-14 Tomcats but whatevs!).
attila
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:35 AMAwesome – I would love to know the date of that photo.
Nathan
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:42 AM18th of January 2013
Titsnass
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:47 AMHa ha ha,…. gulp!
HR
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 11:19 AMLooks like 1989
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=466937&i=460
attila
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 12:19 PMExcellent find! Thanks
Corteks
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 12:03 PMMakes me think of the booster dogfight in Macross Zero
http://youtu.be/m-8bDpW823o
Sally
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 12:34 PMI would love to be flying those planes, awesome.
Just This Guy ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 4:32 PMAwesome photo, but it’s still like, 23 year old news?
olearymo
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 4:51 PM..so?