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Pictured: Moment $19m F-16 fighter jet EXPLODES and another is damaged in Belgium (TR)
UK Daily Mail ^
| 10/13/2018
| Chris Dyer
Posted on 10/14/2018 10:09:24 AM PDT by DFG
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OOPS!
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:09:24 AM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
To: Billthedrill
LOL! I’ve heard that the f-14 was designed around the phoenix missile. The F-15 was designed around its advanced radar, and the F-16 was designed around its ejection seat.
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:13:33 AM PDT
by
Tailback
To: DFG
I hope this is the last tribute to John McCain I read about.
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:14:33 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: DFG
Keystone Mechanics
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:17:14 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
To: DFG
They are supposed to have safety interlocks and RBF flags to prevent this.
And why did an aircraft have live munitions loaded while undergoing maintenance?
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:19:29 AM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Was going to ask was his ghost sighted?
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:19:48 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Thanks)
To: DFG
“stealth planes”
F-16 are “stealth planes” according to retarded journalists.
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:20:30 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!)
To: DFG
I recently read a book written by a British WWII Naval Aviator.
He was doing a walk around inspection of his aircraft before takeoff and noticed his fuel filler cap was missing.
He called the mechanic over, showed him the problem, then marched the mechanic to the stockade.
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:21:59 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: CodeToad
>>F-16 are stealth planes according to retarded journalists.<<
In the same way hiLIARy clinton is a ninja.
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:25:50 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Always believe women except: clinton rape, ellison assault, booker groping, ted kennedy murder)
To: CodeToad
I would so like to read an article about firearms written by this author.
It would be LOL.
To: DFG
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:39:04 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: 2CAVTrooper
“And why did an aircraft have live munitions loaded while undergoing maintenance?”
Is “live” redundant?
To: 2CAVTrooper
🤔. Probably 3-D printed parts or something. But yeah, armed gat? That ground/maintanance techs can mess with? Get mueller on it STAT!
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:43:59 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: DFG
You see if this was the NAVY, the Squadron Commander would ask the Maintenance Chief this question: Hey Chief, you think if we has some tape,glue and a few hours, we could have this up and flying tomorrow?”
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:46:25 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(I often wonder if the Trump haters take their haterade on the rock, shaken or stirred?)
To: cymbeline
The F-16 always has a certain amount of ammo on board. It has something to do with balance. I’m an F-16 wife and mother.
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posted on
10/14/2018 10:58:13 AM PDT
by
Himyar
(Comes A Stillness)
To: Himyar
“A multi-million-pound fighter jet exploded and another was damaged when a mechanic accidentally opened fire from a third plane during maintenance.”
I was thinking “big plane.”
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posted on
10/14/2018 11:07:18 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
To: 2CAVTrooper
One time I heard Buzz Aldrin on Art Bell, he talked about the broken circuit breaker in Apollo 11's LM as no big deal, and went on to add that when flying, back on Earth, with ordnance in a non-combat operations, the pilot generally turns the circuit breakers to "off" to help avoid any untoward "accidents".
Don't know what the maintenance guy did.
To: cymbeline; 2CAVTrooper; Himyar
Not redundant. F-16s can carry either life (explosive) rounds or training rounds (non-explosive slugs). Also they can have AAM’s with inert warheads so as to have pilots train with the aircraft carrying a combat weight load, without having the danger of live (fully functional) ammunition and missiles.
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posted on
10/14/2018 11:15:07 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: blueunicorn6
Have you ever seen the documentary on the Doolittle raid that has the story of an engine falling off a B-25 as it was being lifted onto the carrier?
After the planes were loaded, the maintenance chief that was with the group during the training to the loading, gave Doolittle an evaluation form. Needless to say, Doolittle wasn't happy.
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