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Japan grounds F-15s after fuel tank falls off
taiwannews.com ^ | 8 Oct 2011 | Eric Talmadge

Posted on 10/07/2011 10:06:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog

Japan has grounded its F-15 fighters for the second time in three months after a fuel tank and parts of a mock missile fell off a jet on a training mission, officials said Saturday.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force officials said that the flight suspension involves all missions except emergency scrambles and will last until the safety of Japan's 202 F-15 fighters has been confirmed.

No one was injured in Friday's incident near Komatsu base in western Japan and the pilot landed safely. In July, Japan's F-15s were grounded after one of the jets crashed into the East China Sea.

The latest incident comes as Tokyo is moving ahead to replace its aging fighters.

The 350-pound (155-kilogram) tank, which was empty, and parts of the dummy missile detached and fell from the plane as it was nearing the field for landing. The debris fell on 10 locations, including a sewage plant.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; ihatelemmings; komatsu; lemmingfreepers; seashepherd; whalewars
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1 posted on 10/07/2011 10:06:51 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Damaged no doubt during that last run-in with Godzilla.


2 posted on 10/07/2011 10:08:32 PM PDT by shibumi (Goi! Rode, Goi!... and bring the HermanCain with you!)
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To: smokingfrog
Meanwhile, the Japanese Government will spend $27 million dollars to ward off dumb hippies in the Antarctic to prevent dumb hippies from hurting their illegal whaling season...

Ya thought Fukishima was bad, these people are as dumb as an MSNBC Host.

3 posted on 10/07/2011 10:13:57 PM PDT by Dengar01 (Dengar01 - "Heartless" since 1983!!!)
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What about if the Japanese spear the hippies and we pay the Japanese $27 mil?


4 posted on 10/07/2011 10:20:21 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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To: Dengar01

The Japanese can legally take a certain number of whales per treaty, so what they are doing is not illegal.

The hippies, however, are violating the law. Glad to see what side you are on-terrorists!


6 posted on 10/07/2011 10:29:42 PM PDT by packrat35 (America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
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To: F15Eagle
Sounds like some sloppy maintenance to me. Still, the pilot does a preflight to check stuff like that, no?


7 posted on 10/07/2011 10:38:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: packrat35

Maybe if they didn’t do it in floating whale processing factories it might seem fair(er). “Here’s your kayak, here’s your harpoon, no go git me some blubber, Hogiesan”.


8 posted on 10/07/2011 10:39:55 PM PDT by budwiesest (It's that girl from Alaska, again.)
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To: F15Eagle
This is actually an improvement. When I was stationed in Japan in the late 90's they had one aircraft inadvertently shoot down his wingman while doing weapons checks.

It is normal to checkout the seeker heads on your sidewinders, it isn't normal to pull the triggers, it is really bizarre to have the weapon launch when the master arm is safety wired in the "safe" position.

9 posted on 10/07/2011 10:41:17 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: packrat35
The Japanese can legally take a certain number of whales per treaty, so what they are doing is not illegal.

The hippies, however, are violating the law. Glad to see what side you are on-terrorists!

Just because I'm happy the Brewers won and the Phillie's lost I will respond to you without the wrath of God.

Hi, I'm Dengar01, I am part of a ping list called Whale Wars Ping list otherwise known as "Hippies Failing Badly" where we ridicule and mock the hippies of Sea Shepherd.

The majority probably 98% would like to see the hippies sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

Dengar01 <--- opposes whaling, opposes hippies so I am an anti-anti-whaling person. Why you ask? Well instead of using the standard "Whales are mammals, whales have bigger brains than humans, every whale is smarter than a democrat." I will give you the answer my dad gives me when I ask a question that he doesn't have a clear answer on, "Why does a dog lick his _____s?"

So, I am now a terrorist according to who, you? Go research every post I've made in OVER 10 YEARS I HAVE POSTED ON FREE REPUBLIC and please point out where I support hippies, terrorists or hippie terrorists?

You prove me that, you can have my house, in the meantime go crawl back in the hole you came out of.

For anyone else who would like to be added to the Whale Wars Ping list where we "MOCK AND RIDICULE PAUL WATSON AND SEA SHEPHERD please contact Dengar01 or Pan_Yan

10 posted on 10/07/2011 10:41:37 PM PDT by Dengar01 (Dengar01 - "Heartless" since 1983!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

Yes. He gets out of the cockpit with his Leatherman and walks the plane tightening every bolt and screw he can find... then he kicks the tires and gets back in.


11 posted on 10/07/2011 10:44:59 PM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: packrat35
I apologize to you, I just looked at your FReeper page saw the states you visited and realize you think that the US is only on the 12th Amendment.

The President from my State is created the 13th Amendment.

So since you are living in 1860 and the wonderful years of James Buchanan. The North won, WW1 and WW2 were won, Cold War over, whaling ended throughout world commercially except for Japan, even though they lost tens of thousands of lives, BILLIONS OF BILLIONS of dollars and still whale because of pride.

Seeing your little map I completely understand your position, I've heard throughout my life, "The South shall Rise Again!!!"

Mr. Packrat35 it ain't gonna happen. I respect your relatives who died during the Civil War but that was 150 years ago. Actually 151 years.

As a Yankee from Illinois why do so many like you in the South have such hatred in your hearts? Sherman marched to Savannah in 1864 GET OVER IT!!!

Hell, Maybe Perry had it right, Texas should secede you can join Ciudad Juarez and enjoy true paradise.

Mexican gangs and uneducated hicks = The New World Leader!

Thanks for the idea I'll contact MS13, they can contact the Perrybots and maybe Mr. Packrat35 can be the Baghdad Bob of TEXICO CIUDADJARUZEELPASO!

12 posted on 10/07/2011 10:52:23 PM PDT by Dengar01 (Dengar01 - "Heartless" since 1983!!!)
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To: 3boysdad

What did we ever do before the invention of the Leatherman?


13 posted on 10/07/2011 10:54:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Maybe someone pushed that red button that was marked, “Do not push”.


14 posted on 10/08/2011 12:02:45 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Dengar01

What a silly little bitch you are.

My relatives were not even in this country till after the Civil War and they lived in Penn till after WW2.

My daughter is black, so that little racist tirade kind of pisses me off.

I also do not support illegals.

By the way, kiss my ass!


15 posted on 10/08/2011 12:34:06 AM PDT by packrat35 (America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
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To: packrat35
And my blood cousin is black, your point is what? I'm racist? Just like Herman Cain is called racist by MSNBC? And I didn't use cuss words. Without even reading my posts (usually the word "hippie" is a word to "make fun of") you assumed I was some anti whaling communist who wanted to nuke Tokyo!!!

You call me a bitch... fine after the White Sox Season I'll take that as a complement.

I didn't say you supported illegals however, your Governor who you think is God supports illegals. Guess what. I have an MBA. I didn't get it via La Raza or because my name was Ozzie Guillen. I paid HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS which not one dime I took from the state, ACLU, a bank, charity, church, Hitler Youth Movement, ect...

Also you debased your entire argument by your last sentence. The only reason I'm up at 2:40 AM is I have the FLU and cannot sleep so to use an overly used phrase, "I eat folks like you for breakfast."

You may be a lackluster FReeper because I still have democrat trolls targeting me from a thread I made in May!!!

Anyways, thanks for calling me a racist, please do a history search on my posts and see that I have been supporting Herman Cain for months, my BLOOD cousin is black and he's probably the closest cousin I have in terms of friendship, yet I'm a racist???

That, is Liberalism 101. Lose an argument bring up Hitler or racism to counter!!! Clearly you have not had an education in either the undergrad or graduate levels otherwise you would not sound like a Jerry Springer guest.

16 posted on 10/08/2011 12:50:32 AM PDT by Dengar01 (Dengar01 - "Heartless" since 1983!!!)
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To: packrat35; fieldmarshaldj
Oops you aren't from Texas my apologies...

DJ ever hear of this rat I'm pining you? I'm suddenly a racist (even though I have a cousin by blood who is black

Well hell you can read his nonsense. Maybe once the moron loses a friend or relative to illegals like you and I he'll wake up, otherwise he's living in an alternate universe.

17 posted on 10/08/2011 12:54:31 AM PDT by Dengar01 (Dengar01 - "Heartless" since 1983!!!)
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To: packrat35
My daughter is black, so that little racist tirade kind of pisses me off.

I just watched the entire documentary "Civil War" by Ken Burns (who is not a Grand Wizard of the KKK) and what now he and I are both racists?

Not to offend my good FRiends in Tennessee but I hope you are simply just a taster at the JD plant in Lynchburg.

I spent about 15 hours watching how the Union fought to free slaves, and I also told you my closest cousin is black and we are related by blood and you call me racist because you had a child with an African American woman?

How is that different than me being tied by blood to someone of a different race. Maybe it's just because I live in Illinois and I don't focus on race 24/7 like you do. It's like the famous line, "My best friend is black!"

Since you come off like a genius did you tutor inner city black students during college like I did? Did you help support with only the funds of ONE church in ALL of the US of funding a Village in west Ghana and making sure that village had access to water, an education, ect...?

I'd put my house on the line to tell me you will probably not even respond to this post.

So call me a b%$^$ call me a racist but put your money where your mouth is. And I am not trying to bribe my way into Heaven. At the end of the day it actually feels good to help those who need help, you from your vitriol posts sound like a bitter person soured in agony, I only pray that your life gets better.........

18 posted on 10/08/2011 1:04:51 AM PDT by Dengar01 (Dengar01 - "Heartless" since 1983!!!)
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19 posted on 10/08/2011 1:26:23 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
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To: smokingfrog

after a fuel tank and parts of a mock missile fell off

Hate when that happens.


20 posted on 10/08/2011 4:29:02 AM PDT by bikerman
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