Talk:Wingman

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Of course this should be a discussion and description of the role of a wingman in aerial combat. The other sense of the term is trivial in this context. There should be some acknowledgement that while the "wingman" is a subsidiary and supportive role to the primary aggressive combatant and "hunter", there is a mutual responsibility between 'ace' and wingman. Thus the WW2 German ace Erich Hartmann claimed never to have "lost a wingman" (not strictly true, it seems). Hartmann and his British and American equivalents seem to have chosen their wingmen from young pilots with exemplary skill and persistence, regardless of their log-booked flying hours. The ace can apparently roam free in the hope and expectation that his wingman is close by and watching his mirrors so neither gets bounced. As a civilian pilot with absolutely no military combat experience, the role of wingman has always struck me as extraordinarily difficult and thankless as it seems to carry an expectation of courageous protection, plus the burden of hyper-alertness yet none of the glamour of successful engagement of the enemy. Modern air combat has little relevance here as it is hard to be 'surprised' by an adversary who was visible on your radar, or the radar of your airborne controller, for the last 200 miles. I can offer some references to support these comments, if required.(Vlad the implorer (talk) 21:08, 21 December 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Good grief; first off, I think the avation term is the one that most readily comes to mind. Secondly, if there's really that big a distinction, why not create two entries; Wingman (aviation), and Wingman (term)?

--Further, the link at the bottom seems like a bit of shameless promotion.

The bit about the rock band is not relevant to the subject, if the band is notable enough it should be given its own article. I've deleted the sentense. Dept of Alchemy 10:30, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't this concept have a LOT to do with the Thach Weave? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.48.95 (talk) 22:13, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is anyone else amused by the fact that the article about "Wingman" in terms of social interaction is far more in-depth than the article about "Wingman" in an aviation sense?

Apparently, the "social interaction" part got taken out. I think that there needs to be a "Wingman (disambiguation)" page. Outside of military circles the term is more commonly known as a guy who's got your back at the bar while picking up women. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.8.0.127 (talk) 04:18, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance of possibly fleshing this out, ie: explaining what a Wingman does to support the lead pilot, things like that?--Raguleader 20:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone who helps a male make romatic advances or deception upon a female in order to get a date, commonly used phase on "How I Met Your Mother" by the character Barney. See the Dilbert Comic reference to the term at the following link:

<a href="http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-03/" title="Dilbert.com"><img src="http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/70000/2000/500/72591/72591.strip.gif" border="0" alt="Dilbert.com" /></a>

71.127.28.55 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]

I added a section (and restructured) on this subject, which needs more exploration. I know currently only of the European FCAS and the Chinese FH97A (new version of a previous FH97), but there are certainly similar developments going on in USA and possibly in Russia, too. And some existing articles to be crosslinked with this one, or integrated or else.

Let those in the know do the work?

Cheers, --L.Willms (talk) 01:14, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]