Posted on 11/11/2010 6:51:01 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
An Israeli F-16I crashed Wednesday night in southern Israel during a routine training flight, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Both crew were killed in the incident. The F-16I "Sufa" (F-16D block 52) was part of a four ship formation that was on a training exercise from Ramon Air Force Base and crashed somewhere in the area of Mitzpeh Ramon at around 20:00h local time on Wednesday.
IDF/AF investigators suspect that the pilot did not realize how low he had flown because no distress call was received
RIP.
A sneeze can be fatal at 50ft doing 600mph.
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