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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

HMM. The F-15 in all of its versions has proven very airworthy. The F-16, OTOH, is known as "the Lawn Dart." Back in the 80's, so many crashed out of Hill AFB, UT, the joke was, "How can you own your very own F-16?" Answer: "Buy an acre in Utah and just wait."


7 posted on 05/21/2004 5:28:16 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (In WWII, not a single plane from the 8th Air Force turned back due to enemy fire.)
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To: CholeraJoe

I live in Ogden, UT about 7 miles from Hill AFB. The F-16s crash a lot less often out here but it still happens. They're flying tons of night ops, too. Of course, night flights out in the dark desert are dangerous enough that guys make sure everything is just right and are sharp up there. It's the routine daylight fun flights that are dangerous.


8 posted on 05/21/2004 5:38:48 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (All the good taglines are taken...)
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