[mabarker1]

FYI from the F-16 Board I linked upthread

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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.

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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

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old.iraqi.air.force

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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.

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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.

Last edited by neurotech on 26 Jun 2015, 19:42, edited 1 time in total.

[mabarker1]

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[Hulka]

“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).