Happened on my first night flight without adult supervision (Instructor Pilot onboard). Crewdawg was just a pup of an aircraft commander in 52's out of Carswell AFB. I was # 2 of a night 2 ship formation. After finishing with night air refueling, I looked to the left and saw what I thought was lead. So as a good a/c, I got right into postion behind lead (1 mile in trail and 500' above). Well, after about 1 minute, FTW ATC calls (with chuckling being heard in the back ground)
"Lugar 12, would you like vectors to your lead. He's 55 miles to your north. You are behind AA XXX, a 727, and he would really like to climb to a higher altitude"
Needless to say, the Dawg took vectors and scampered away ( asking what the hell happened to my nav's) to the north with his tail tucked between his legs.....
Last edited by crewdawg52; 04-11-2006 at 01:40 PM.