[Gay State Conservative]

Only because he had a flashlight that FOD'ed the engine so the pilot shutdown. Otherwise, he would have been the FOD

I saw this clip pretty recently and I think i recall it being said that it was his helmet that cause the engine to seize up...it was sucked off of his head just before his entered.I suppose I could have misunderstood.

[A.A. Cunningham]

More than likely you're both thinking of ABE3 J. D. Bridges and the A-6, not a fighter, on 20 February 1991 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt during Desert Storm. Bridges was saved by his cranial and float coat not the flashlight.

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