Please take note certain details such as time and names of the pilots involved have to be changed in order to protect their interest.What matter the most all of the things mentioned -really happened.
21/02/00-ORANGELAND AF MAIN AIR BASE.
A pair of F16D Block 52 ready to perform SEAD ‘operational training ‘inside Malaysian airspace.Their objective is to gauged MAF air defence missiles/guns batteries reaction time + RMAF fighters scramble tactics.The F16Ds were equipped with ELSIRA advanced jammers + ASPJ pods,a pair of LANTRIN pods fitted on the first a/c,along with 2 drop tanks,a pair of AIM 9S,AIM 120 and PAVEWAY II bombs.The second a/c is fitted with a pair of drop tanks ,APSJ pods and a number of AIM 9S/AIM 120-purely air defence sorties.A E2C gaves a details ground mapping details to the F16s once airborne via datalink.Once airborne the F16s took the long route to gained access -inside Malaysian airspace by flying along the coastal area.At the same time Orangeland SIGINT C130 called in to the Malaysian ATC -pretending to be a commercial flight.Cruising at the level permitted only for civillian traffic-it is unlikely that the SIGINT a/c would be detected within the next 30 minutes.By then the aboved mentioned SEAD would be over.
MAF AIR DEFENCE MISSILES UNITS -STARBURST.
Detected a pair of Orangeland F16s made a low level incursion inside Malaysian airspace-with the standing order not to fire any missiles at any Orangeland a/c w/o any proper high level ‘go ahead’.Pilot Maj.Samuel Lee -has been brief on this matter by the intell officers prior to this mission.
RMAF 3D AIR DEFENCE RADAR UNIT.
Managed to detect and monitor the flight pattern of the F16s from the very beginning and almost instantly alerted the RMAF air defence command in Butterworth.MAF C4I relayed the relevant info to variuos air defence units to get ready to shot the F16s once they reach certain designated area.MAF electronis warfare units also played their role-by countering the F16s jamming transmission.
RMAF KUANTAN
A pair of MIG29N from the 19th Sqn-were scrambled within seconds after receiving alert from the air defence command.The MIGs -optimised for air intercept mission were fitted with a pair of R73 and the new and feared R77E.Within minutes the F16s has managed to made a deep incursion inside Malaysian soil.The MIGs did not on their radar in order to nailed the Vipers by surprise-hence a classic GCI sorties.F16s RWR would not beep unless there is a radar beam detected.The MIGs utilised their IRST to closed in from the back.F16s jammers could do serious damaged to the MIGs radar if the pilots were to turn on their radar.App 2 miles from the F16s the MIGs were detected by the E2C which in turn alerted the F16s to aborted their mission.It is to late for the F16s cause their incursion has been recorded by both radars and the MIGs HUD cameras.With heavy loads it is unlikely for the F16s to outrun the lean and mean MIGs.RMAF asked the F16s to identify themselves before escorting them out from Malaysian airspace.The SIGINT a/c were latter indentified by a MALAYSIAN AIRLINES pilots -who latter called in to report the irregular aircraft which have violated the civillian aircraft traffic route.Malaysia asked the Orangeland diplomatic corp.top brass to provide a clear explaination on the low level incursion made.We never got the answers.
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June 15, 2002 at 12:54 pm