Audio:
The following transcription was made from the audio file of the August 18, 1981 engagement of two Libyan Su-22 fighters of two VF-41 F-14s. COMSIXTHFLT received the original tape within hours of the engagement, luckily for us, CIC Officer LT Mike Sasser (LT, 1980-1981) was there to make a tape for himself. Secreted away these twenty years, he's pleased to help share this with everyone.
(2.7Megs)
| 00:03 | 102 | Going to [garbled] right now, I'll stay in[garbled]scan. |
| 00:07 | Bare Ace (Air Intercept Controller) |
And 102 [garbled] 226 36 |
| 00:15 | 102 | Tweny miles for 102. Twenty thousand feet. |
| 00:19 | Bare Ace | 225 at 33 102. |
| 00:24 | Bare Ace | And what's your [garbled something about the contact]? |
| 00:27 | 102 | 102's got one 214 16 miles out, that's all I've got. |
| 00:31 | 102 | He appears to be turning a little bit left giving us a left aspect. I'm in single target track. |
| 00:38 | 102 | 14 miles 21,000. |
| 00:44 | Bare Ace | 113 say your heading. |
| 00:48 | 113 | 113s heading 070 |
| 00:54 | 102 | 10 miles |
| 00:54 | 102 | 102. The bogeys got us on his nose now 8 miles. |
| 01:03 | 102 | We're at altitude, twenty thousand feet 6 miles. |
| 01:06 | Bare Ace | 103, 113 your vector 100. |
| 01:25 | Bare Ace | 103 state. |
| 01:31 | 107 | Two fitters has shot at my leader. |
| 01:35 | 102 | [garbled]... this is 102, we've been fire on. |
| 01:46 | Bare Ace | And 102. |
| 01:50 | Bare Ace | OK copy. |
| 01:51 | unknown | Did you copy that Bare Ace? |
| 01:52 | Bare Ace | Negative, what did one of them say? |
| 01:54 | 102, 107 | |
| 02:03 | unknown | Bare Ace, did you just copy 103? |
| 02:05 | Bare Ace | That's negative. |
| 02:05 | unknown | Because they said they've just been fired upon, that's what they transmitted. |
| 02:15 | Bare Ace | 103 confirm you've been shot at, over. |
| 02:18 | unknown relay | [garbled]confirm you've been shot at. |
| 02:21 | 102 amongst interferance | Affimative.[garbled] shot one of them down. |
| 02:26 | unknown relay | Did you shoot one of them down? |
| 02:29 | 102 | It was a clean target. |
| 02:34 | 107 | [garbled]Want me shoot my guy down? |
| 02:35 | 102 | That's affirm, shoot him... shoot him down. |
| 02:45 | Bare Ace | 205, 223 vector inbound at this time. |
| 02:49 | 223 | 223 inbound |
| 02:53 | 107 | Fox 2 kill from music. Fox 2 kill. |
| 02:56 | 102 | [name] did you get him? |
| 02:58 | 107 | Yes sir, I did kill him.[garbled several seconds] |
| 03:05 | 107 | Fox 2 kill. His chute is not deploying. He is falling free. |
| 03:08 | 102 | OK, roger that. |
| 03:11 | Bare Ace | 106 Reset CAP 5. 106, 110 reset cap 5. |
| 03:14 | 107 | [garbled]123 DME on the 180. And my state ten two, ten two. |
| 03:27 | 102 | OK I'm nine five. |
| 03:29 | Nimitz | 102 107, you are clear to defend yourself. |
| 03:31 | Bare Ace | 102 107, you are clear to defend yourself. Pass from the ship. |
| 03:35 | 102 | And this is 102 107, ah two enemy kills. |
| 03:40 | Bare Ace | Say again. |
| 03:41 | 102 | Two enemy kills. Two MIG-23s killed. |
| 03:45 | unknown relay | Two MIG-23s. You copy Bare Ace? |
| 03:48 | Bare Ace | Roger.[garbled] |
| 03:52 | 107 | Mine was a Fitter, a Fitter. |
| 03:59 | Bare Ace | 102 107 You copy? That's vector north. |
| 04:41 | Bare Ace | 107, Bare Ace. |
| 04:44 | 102 | This is 102 go ahead. |
| 04:47 | Bare Ace | Were one or two hit? |
| 04:55 | 102 | 102 and 107 are fine. We're both headed north. And there are two... |
| 04:58 | Bare Ace | Roger that. And confirm you've got two MIG-23 kills. |
| 05:03 | 102 | OK one was a Fitter and they're probably both Fitters. And there are two kills. |
| 05:07 | unknown relay | Bare Ace you copy? There are two kills. Either Fitters or Floggers. |
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