Air Force Pilots Entering The Vietnam War Were In For A Rude Awakening. Their Training Had Not Prepared Them For Combat With Dissimilar Aircraft And Unfamiliar Tactics. To Make Air Combat Training More Realistic, Aggressor Squadrons Were Created To Replicate A Potential Enemy's Aircraft And Tactics. The Northrop F-5e Served Many Years As An Outstanding Mig-21 Surrogate. Now The General Dynamics F-16 Stands In For The Mig-29. The Aerocature (Tm) Was Created For The Cover Of The 1998 Aerocatures (Tm) Calendar.