"Fox 3": F-14 Tomcat RIO Gives Intense First-Hand Account Of AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Launch
One live AIM-54 Phoenix can be seen carried by this F-14 of VF-2 returning to Ranger during 1987 deployment. (All images: Dave "Bio" Baranek) Strap into an F-14 Tomcat’s cockpit along with Tomcat RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) Dave “Bio” Baranek for an AIM-54 missile launch over the Pacific Ocean, 150 miles west of Los Angeles. Dave “Bio” Baranek is probably the world’s most famous F-14 RIO after “Goose”, the character played by Anthony Edwards in Tony Scott’s original Top Gun movie. He was in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, spending 7 years, 3 months and 2 days at sea, and flyin...
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