| I am not suggesting in this article that young wingmen should never fly with 2,000-hour instructor pilots. |
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| Because there is no other way to pass on the experience of 2,000-hour fighter pilots to the new wingmen except to fly them together. |
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| As with most combat fighter wings, five wingmen flew in formation behind the lead fighter, usually the senior officer. |
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| Canadian pilots, who train with their American counterparts, were never assigned as wingmen to US pilots in missions over the former Yugoslavia. |
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| Some wingmen may feel uncomfortable doing this, and some flight leads even might resent it, but the alternatives are much worse if you put them in perspective. |
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| We continued to orbit until our two remaining wingmen joined. |
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