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F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:24 amby Papa9571
Returning airmen of the 180th TFW have shed some new light on the crash.
The crash was not caused by insurgents or mechanical failure of he aircraft.
F-16's take off in pairs. His wingman looked over at the aircraft during the takeoff roll and noticed the pilot slumped over, possibly passed out, but definitly not in control of the aircraft. When the f16 crashed insurgents shot up the wreckage and the body. Only a portion of the pilot's body was recovered, flown home, and buried with honors.
Current speculation is an anurism burst or he had a heart attack.
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
Posted:
Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:21 amby spitfire boy
Aich.
Respects and condolences to his family and friends
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
Posted:
Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:39 pmby Isak922
Is this referring to the same incident a few months back where an F-16 went out of control and crashed into a large open area while on a mission?
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:43 pmby JA 37 Viggen
No. The F-16CJ from a few months ago was most likely shot down by a stinger or grail SAM. A shame. The USAF has lost quite a few bird recently.
How bout the navy loses some super hornets! Make me happy.
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:58 pmby Isak922
No. The F-16CJ from a few months ago was most likely shot down by a stinger or grail SAM. A shame. The USAF has lost quite a few bird recently.
How bout the navy loses some super hornets! Make me happy.
As happy as I'd be to see a Super Hornet go down, I hope they don't.
It's still US metal being shot down by shoddy weaponry that's probably older than the plane itself!
It's not the Bug Pilot's fault he's a misguided person who chose to live on a boat and fly a bug; instead of staying on land and flying a
Real Bird.
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:33 pmby Stormtropper
My grandmother can take off on a 2 mile long runway...it takes a real man to do it in 400 feet on a wabbly runway...
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:12 amby ATI_7500
It's not the Bug Pilot's fault he's a misguided person who chose to live on a boat and fly a bug; instead of staying on land and flying a
Real Bird.
Flyboys...always thinking that they're the ones who can win a war. ::)
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:47 pmby 2992
RIP
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:37 amby Firezone53
RIP... :'(
Could be unconscious when he tried to take off. :-/
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:18 amby Ivan
[quote]RIP...
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:55 pmby BFMF
[quote][quote]RIP...
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:43 pmby Ivan
[quote][quote][quote]RIP...
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:52 pmby machineman9
it sucks to crash, but crash without having any control in what happens and then getting your plane shot at after sucks even more
still, great motivation for me to go into the RAF or similar when im older :-/
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:02 pmby BFMF
Not even in your shoes? or did they blast every square meter with DDT each morning?
From what i know, only the cobra's and the vipers stay out of the cities... the rest of the creepy crawlies can be found anywhere. And for the honeybadgers... these arent as rare as the original story said they were, but never came to the cities before.
Not even in my boots. I've seen a few small camel spiders since i've been here, and quite a few mice, but nothing else as far as small critters around the living areas. Mosquito's and sand flies are only things that i've been bitten by.
I havn't seen any snakes, but at night, you can see hedge hogs running all over the place with night vision,IR, and thermal imaging...
Re: F16 Down in Iraq -- update
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:05 pmby beaky
That really sucks (the F-16 accident, that is). It's easy to forget how many military fliers have lost their lives to accidents like that. But he was there, doing his job, so he deserves the honors. The disrespect shown to his remains doesn't even put a dent in that, although it makes me angry.