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When You Should NOT Decline The Damage Waiver [F16 pilot blasts wrong target]
Ares - A Defense Technology Blog ^
| 7/25/08
| Bill Sweetman
Posted on 07/25/2008 10:31:15 AM PDT by TChris
One of the more dangerous phenomena in aviation is an F-16 pilot whose marksmanship is better than his situational awareness. Two soldiers discovered this on the Utah Test and Training Range one night in April 2007. An F-16 pilot lost sight of his target while rolling into a strafing run using night-vision goggles, acquired their rented GMC Suburban instead, and converted it to Swiss cheese.
(Excerpt) Read more at aviationweek.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: airforce; f16; oldnews; oops
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Ummm.... oops.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:31:15 AM PDT
by
TChris
To: TChris
Ummm.... oops.I wonder how many people we've killed this way.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:33:35 AM PDT
by
Romulus
("Ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur")
To: TChris
Posted way back when but I’ll cut you some slack ‘cause its cool.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:33:57 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: TChris
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:34:14 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
To: TChris
I’m trying to figure out their joke. The plane already has a Gattling Gun.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:34:30 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: TChris
Thank goodness it wasn’t an A-10. Or a Hercules.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:35:31 AM PDT
by
faloi
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
“Im trying to figure out their joke. The plane already has a Gattling Gun.”
the one pictured is a manual gattling gun and ensures the target can be visually acquired. not sure how the pilot would turn the crank and fly though.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:37:27 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
To: TChris
Remember to fill the tank before you return it.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:39:13 AM PDT
by
Jabba the Nutt
(We're screwed '08)
To: faloi
Thank goodness it wasn’t a missile or 1000lb bomb
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:40:15 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
To: TChris
Aw, c'mon. A little bondo and a fresh coat of paint and who's gonna know?
(Note to self: check to see that "strafing" is covered under comprehensive...)
To: TChris
I’m assuming those were steel dummy rounds being used.
20mm high explosive would have left a lot less.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:44:17 AM PDT
by
sinanju
To: TChris
I’m still confused however.
The pilot was wearing NVG. Does that mean he was looking through his heads-up display in gun mode?
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:45:40 AM PDT
by
sinanju
To: TChris
That SUV will never kill again.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:45:54 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
To: driftdiver
Boy I want to be able to call in a strike like that when I am trying to get into San Diego and all the (Ariz)Zonies are driving in the left hand lane like they own it.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:46:30 AM PDT
by
Cyman
To: kbennkc
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:46:39 AM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: TChris
I would love to see the look on the face of the rental agent when they attempted to return the vehicle.
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posted on
07/25/2008 10:48:25 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: TChris
For Sale: GMC Suburban, recent body work, new upholstery. Could be a new commercial for CarFax.
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posted on
07/25/2008 11:02:18 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: TChris
I’m guessing they pretty much shredded their own luggage, too, based on all those rounds in the back end of the SUV.
To: Cyman
all the (Ariz)Zonies are driving in the left hand lane like they own it.Those are the transplants from Ohio.
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posted on
07/25/2008 11:03:47 AM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: willgolfforfood
luggage I would have guessed beer .
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posted on
07/25/2008 11:05:18 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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