AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> F-22
SUBJECTS >> OTHER SUBJECTS >> Air Force Reserve
Catalog Number:
2014.009
Location:
4TH FLOOR E RING 1-2
Description:
If a combatant commander wants airpower, there's only one number to call. When they dial the phones, "Showtime may answer." Showtime is an Air Force Reservist at Elmendorf. He flies the F-22. He flies really well. Did you see the news clip not long ago about the Iranian F-4s that intercepted a remotely piloted aircraft out over the Arabian Gulf? Then they were warned off? This is the guy who warned them off. After he rejoined on them, flew underneath their aircraft to check out their weapons load without them knowing he was there, and then pulled up on their left wing and then called them and said you really ought to go home.
Showtime is air superiority. It is still foundational to everything we do in the United States Military. Without it, everything else has to change. We can't afford to forget that (Gen. Mark Welsh, AFA, September 17, 2013)