OT: For Flyboys... F16 eats a Tree... and survives!

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OT: For Flyboys... F16 eats a Tree... and survives!

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http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos. ... RC=army.nl
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Post by rjohns94 »

his comments at the end pretty much summed it up!
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Post by don Tomás »

The Falcon driver must have known that the Air Force's on-board cameras, black boxes, and Lo-Jack equipment would capture all this stuff. Hard to believe that these low level maneuvers were authorized or sanctioned. Bet he's now “flying cargo planes full of rubber dog $h-- out of Hong Kongâ€
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Post by jeepnik »

The Eagle is and F-15, the F-16 is a Falcon. Spent a number of years around Phantoms. Heck, they could take that kind of damage and fly another sortie after fuel and rearm. Doubt he got canned for it. Pilots push the envelope on training missions so they know how far they can push the aircraft in combat. He kept the bottom side down on the runway, and got to talk about it. Can't ask for more than that.
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