Intercepting the Flaggon | F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot Greg Hansen | Afterburn Podcast Episode 141 Greg Hansen describes the moment his F-14 Tomcat crew lit the burners and went head-on with a Soviet Su-15 “Flaggon.” “We go in zone five afterburner, scorching out to make the intercept. We get radar contact fairly quickly and end up converting on an Su-15 Flaggon. At the time, it was just amazing to see that airplane up close.” Flying from the deck of a U.S. Navy carrier during the Cold War meant c