Students were to be drawn from experienced crew on operational units - this would not be simply another step in the initial training programme. Instructors were to be highly experienced personnel, and no lecture would be given to the students without first being passed by a board of other instructors, who would question the new presenters mercilessly. More than just a training school, this was be an academy for the sharing of experience and the development of new doctrine and tactics. Among various technological and organizational recommendations was the establishment of a U.S.N. In 1968 Captain Frank Ault was tasked with compiling a report on the failures and finding solutions, according to History Net (opens in new tab).Īult’s team studied the issues and submitted their report on Jan. decided that better missiles and technology were the answer, the Navy came to a different conclusion. With enemy fighters slipping easily past the escorts, US bomber casualties were mounting. AIM-7 Sparrows had even worse failure and hit rates, and without guns to fall back on fighter pilots were faced with a frustrating inability to bring the enemy down. Even the excellent AIM-9 Sidewinder heat seeking missile, which would go on to see over 60 years of successful use in air forces around the world according to Raytheon Missiles & Defence (opens in new tab), suffered from severe teething problems.Įarly models suffered a 56% failure to launch rate, and if launched missed 28% of targets. However, in the humid skies of North Vietnam and under combat conditions, they proved deeply flawed.
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