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Moroccan F-16 jet from Saudi-led coalition in Yemen goes missing
Al Jezeera ^ | 10 May 2015 | AlJezeera

Posted on 05/10/2015 10:47:08 PM PDT by tcrlaf

A Moroccan F-16 warplane taking part in a bombing campaign in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia has gone missing, the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces has said in a statement.

Morocco announced its backing of Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the military offensive in March, and has had F-16 warplanes stationed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Reuters news agency reported on Monday.

"One of the F-16s of the Royal Armed Force made at the disposal of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia to restore the legitimacy in Yemen went missing on Sunday at 6pm local time," FAR's statement carried by the Moroccan state news agency MAP said.

The pilot of a second jet in the same squadron could not see if the pilot had ejected, it said. An investigation is under way, it added

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: down; f16; lawndart; yemen
F-16 "missing" in Yemen.
1 posted on 05/10/2015 10:47:09 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

They would have found the best signature from flames, so the pilot switched sides more than likely.


2 posted on 05/10/2015 10:48:21 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Sparky1776; militant2; TaMoDee; freedumb2003; PERKY2004; PilotDave

F-16 ping.


3 posted on 05/10/2015 10:50:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: tcrlaf

If it is found abused by pymies in Berkina Faso, you’ll have a headline that statistically won’t be generated in 10^18 years on a supercomputer.


4 posted on 05/10/2015 10:51:37 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar

Burkina Faso... spelled with a U.


5 posted on 05/10/2015 11:11:30 PM PDT by WVKayaker (Impeachment is the Constitution's answer for a derelict, incompetent president! -Sarah Palin 7/26/14)
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To: WVKayaker

There are other errors in my post as well.


6 posted on 05/10/2015 11:17:54 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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If it is found abused by pymies in Berkina Faso, you’ll have a headline that statistically won’t be generated in 10^18 years on a supercomputer.

The Tiki room

7 posted on 05/10/2015 11:23:42 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civil law enables him to do so.)
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To: tcrlaf

Allah wahullah Wullah Hack Bar!

F 16 switches from Sunnknee to Shiyit?

Thats a Mach 2 piece of hummus!LOL


8 posted on 05/11/2015 12:22:54 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: tcrlaf

I wonder when the next (first female Saudi fighter pilot “mistake” will be used).


9 posted on 05/11/2015 12:41:37 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: BerryDingle

So, ISIS now has their very own F-16. Try servicing & maintaining it, you desert cockroaches.


10 posted on 05/11/2015 5:53:28 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a free man, O Muslim. There's nothing you can do about it.")
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