F-16s respond to flight near Mexican border in AZ

hosted. ^ | May 16

[JoeProBono]

[umgud]

Kinda like varmint hunting with a 50BMG. A little bit overkill.

[DuncanWaring]

Too bad they don’t “scramble” for Mexican helicopters in Texas.

[ConfidentConservative]

SWEET!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Can an F-16 fly slow enough to shadow an ultralight?

[benewton]

I did my stall training during the day, but I guess it’d be more interesting, and at a much higher speed than my Tomahawk, at night...

[VRWC For Truth]

Just another Moooselimb dry run ... nothing to see here, move along.

[SmokingJoe]

So what has 0bozo been doing for the past 15 months as Mexican military and police helicopters have continuously continued to violate our air space with impunity with no fears of consequences?

[NavyCanDo]

F-16 Pilots are racist (sarc)

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Jack Hydrazine]

Mexican authorities have a special ‘incursion waiver’ from the FAA.

[JPG]

1,000 quatloos on the F-16’s.

[rbosque]

They should have shot it down.

#1) They’re invading our lands and airspace.
#2) The kill would have been a ‘first’ in modern aviation warfare.

[GOP Poet]

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[Joe 6-pack]

I doubt they’s have needed to shoot it down. A close pass with afterburners would have rendered it no longer airworthy.

[DuncanWaring]

Doth thou jest?

[Riley]

Just another Moooselimb dry run ... nothing to see here, move along.

More likely a drug smuggling operation. They are known to use ultralights for that. There was and article posted some time ago about one that went down, cargo seized, pilot killed.

[IYAS9YAS]

They should have shot it down.

Waste of munitions. A single high speed pass would have done it.

[AFreeBird]

They wouldn’t even need to shoot. One high speed pass and that ultralight is toast.

[Loud Mime]

A close pass with afterburners would have rendered it no longer airworthy.