Posted on 12/16/2010 8:59:30 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Last November, a Belgian F-16 pilot hit a power line in Morocco during a training flight. As a consequence, parts of Morocco and Algeria were cut of from electricity for a while.The 350th squadron, which is based in Florennes, deployed to Sidi Slimane Air Base in Morocco with seven F-16s. They were preparing for a NATO operation in Afghanistan (ISAF), the latter which has a similar landscape.
During a training mission, a pilot was flying too low and ended up hitting a power line. The aircraft could still land safely.
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I’d would say that stick jockey is one lucky rammer jammer.
He was lucky but I’m always amazed at how tough the planes are. Remember when those E-6 intruders clipped the cable car wire in Italy? Those steel cables are about 1 inch thick and the E-6 made it back to base.
I remember the incident in Italy. With so much sophiscated equipment how can a pilot make a mistake like that
Since Morocco and Algeria have been in the Dark Ages since the inception of Islam, I wonder if anyone noticed?
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