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Quote of the Day
If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.
-- Chuck Yeager
Today in history
May 1975
First transatlantic flight by the YF-16, attending the 1975 Paris Air Show.
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RNlAF F-16BM #J-650 from 311 sqn back tracking at Volkel AB on March 16th, 2007. This airframe is destined to be delivered to Jordan in 2007.
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USAF #88495
F-16C Block 40
Probably an SA-8 exploded near the left external tank area. Fragments from the SAM hit the lower left side of the intake, including right through the intake. The left wing had a 2x3 inch hole and the main wing root had damage underneith. Stabilizers were peppered as well as the exhaust tail feathers. Part of the radome was also sheared off, but that damage was done during the crash landing at Rafha, Saudi Arabia when the nose gear would not extend. Major Ed 'Spot' Schumacher was a pilot who was visiting from the Fighter Weapons School and had deployed to Desert Storm with the 4th TFS. The aircraft returned to Hill AFB in a crate from Dahrain AB.
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