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Davis-Monthan AFB: F-16 crashes in Douglas (Arizona)
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| 6-25-2015
| Catherine Holland
Posted on 06/24/2015 10:48:45 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: CivilWarBrewing
“This is not Terrorism”
Trust Your .gov;)
NOT!!!!!!!!
Good call, something I hadn’t considered.
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posted on
06/25/2015 1:42:42 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: umgud
An Iraqi pilot who has been training in the United States for the past four years was the only person on board the plane.
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posted on
06/26/2015 2:55:12 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: Brown Deer
I’m not happy any muslims are here training in our expensive aircraft, tho I don’t rejoice at his death.
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posted on
06/26/2015 3:03:02 PM PDT
by
umgud
(When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
To: umgud; tcrlaf; az_gila; Gaffer; StoneWall Brigade; Hulka; Bulwyf; MeganC; AzSteven; Jet Jaguar; ...
FYI from the F-16 Board I linked upthread
35_aoa
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26 Jun 2015, 06:01
Technically speaking, all US air traffic is restricted by FARs to below 250 knots below 10k feet. Military fighters are generally exempt, either by LOA, pilot ignorance, controller lack of interest or a combination of all 3. Not sure how this would be a factor here, but likely not even a true statement for an F-16.
Patriot
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26 Jun 2015, 11:18
Brigadier General Rafid Mohammed Sidq [*]. Blue sky...
Rumor says that things got bad while aerial refueling procedure.
(Assuming: A canopy collision with the boom end/wings that could somehow hurt the pilot making him unable to react/eject?)
Great Balls Of Fire
26 Jun 2015, 13:35
The victim pilot name is:
Rasid Mohammed Sidq, Batch graduate 52 Iraqi Air Force. He qualified to Sukhoi-22 in that time.
He was good friend and very courteous person, so sad losing him...
His picture in graduation stage.
neurotech
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26 Jun 2015, 18:51
Patriot wrote:Brigadier General Rafid Mohammed Sidq [*]. Blue sky...
Rumor says that things got bad while aerial refueling procedure.
(Assuming: A canopy collision with the boom end/wings that could somehow hurt the pilot making him unable to react/eject?)
RIP General. The F-16 is a great jet but can surprise even the best fighter pilots.
Edit: Not trying to start rumors here.
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neurotech on 26 Jun 2015, 19:42, edited 1 time in total.
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posted on
06/26/2015 8:38:48 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: Chode; SgtBob
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posted on
06/26/2015 8:39:21 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: mabarker1
another one???
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posted on
06/26/2015 8:50:57 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: mabarker1; Chode
Practicing for a suicide mission.....oh, wait...hmmm...
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posted on
06/27/2015 11:01:50 AM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: SgtBob
LOLOLOL!!!! just damn...
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posted on
06/27/2015 11:09:15 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: mabarker1
“Technically speaking, all US air traffic is restricted by FARs to below 250 knots below 10k fee”
Not entirely true.
A-10 is 250 below 10K. F-16, F-15A/B/C/E, F-18, etc. . .300kts below 10K. (Flight dynamics of high performance jets require a higher airspeed and operate at that speed. . .heck the SR-71 had is pattern speed around 350kts.
Point of order: Mil jets can operate outside FAA regs as long as the mil regs say so, and the military issues aeronautical ratings to the aircrew/pilots, the FAA does not (can take a written exam and be handed an FAA ticket if you want to do that), and the military certifies its own aircraft/jets as airworthy (the FAA does not issue them for mil aircraft).
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posted on
06/28/2015 5:48:26 PM PDT
by
Hulka
To: az_gila
The crash was confirmed by Davis-Montham AFB, but the National Guard F-16 actually operated out of Tucson International Airport (KTUS) 5 miles SW of the Air Force Base.That'd be the 162nd Fighter Wing, to which my fiancée was supposed to transfer before she opted to get out of the USAF and get her MBA instead. Not surprising they'd have the occasional crash, since theirs is the largest operational F16 Wing in the Guard, possibly the USAF, with around 175 aircraft operating in three squadrons. And yep, the 162FW PAO website offers the following:
Iraqi student pilot confirmed dead after F-16 crash
Posted 6/26/2015 Updated 6/26/2015 Email story Print story
Release Number: 020615
6/26/2015 - TUCSON, Ariz -- A pilot was killed when an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crashed June 24, five miles west of Douglas Municipal Airport.
Brig. Gen. Rasid Mohammed Sadiq Hasan, an Iraqi student pilot attached to the 162nd Wing in Tucson, was conducting a night training mission when the plane went down at approximately 8 p.m.
"Our hearts are with the general's family, friends and countrymen," said Col. Phil Purcell, commander of the 162nd Wing. "His efforts in the defense of his nation should be commended."
Purcell expressed the importance of the international training mission at the Wing.
"The 162nd Wing, the state of Arizona and the Air National Guard remain committed to our partnership with Iraq," said Purcell. "Our coalition partners are vital to our Wing, and we have lost one of our own."
The F-16 the general was flying belonged to the Iraqi air force. The U.S. Air Force is training Iraqi pilots in F16 fighters at the request of the Iraqi Government. They will be the first Iraqi pilots to use Iraq's F16s in the fight against ISIL.
The Air Force has established an interim safety board to investigate the incident.
*source*
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posted on
06/29/2015 10:54:02 AM PDT
by
archy
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