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USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0495 of the 4th TFS after battle damage that occured on February 27st, 1991 during Desert Storm when hit by an SA-8 SAM. nose gear would not extend and the pilot successfully crash landed the aircraft at Rafha, Saudi Arabia near Iraq border. Nose damage was because nose gear did not extend. [Photo by Patrick McGee]
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Pilot who flew this jet?

Was the pilot who flew this jet happen to be Capt Bopp? I was also there during this time at Al Minhad, UAE.
Posted by TSgt Wayne Helm (Retired) on Fri 22 Mar 2013 03:55:37 PM CET

"RF-16"

Heh heh - that ground off radome with the oblique front and opening looks just like a recce nose. Stick some cameras in there?
Posted by Guest on Fri 04 Mar 2011 02:13:47 AM CET

Me too

I was there with the 2952 CLSS also and worked on this jet. Remeber tearing it apart and boxing it up.
Posted by Viper01 on Mon 20 Dec 2010 03:19:02 PM CET

I was the DCC on this aircraft when it came out of CLSS from this incident. Flew great slick, code 3 everytime it had tanks on it, never quite figured that one out? The CLSS folks did a great job rebuilding it (they made the inlet by hand here at Hill and a few other issues as well) and gave me a sort of "warranty" if you will since we were here at Hill with them. But, I went TDY and during those 2 weeks the 4th came down and took my aircraft from me and made it their Squadron aircraft since they owned it when it was shot down. If i sound bitter, sorry, pretty shitty thing to do after we get it to flying great and all.
Posted by Guest on Thu 27 May 2010 02:30:02 PM CEST

I was the ADCC on this jet.

I did the acceptance insp from the factory on this jet. Deployed to the desert, launched this jet on it's 1st combat mission and 50th combat mission. I then got on a C-130 and left the AOR. Two weeks later it got shot up. I went on leave back to Hill and got pictures next to it in depot after it made it back. My name was still on the inside of the NLD door. When I deployed to Balad in 2007/08 the 4th was deployed there and I got to see it on alert status again after almost 20 yrs.
Posted by Guest on Wed 05 Aug 2009 01:31:36 AM CEST

Kind of cool - Purple Heart painted on the tail

The first time I pulled the left panel off where the tail meets the airframe, there was as Purple Heart painted on the frame of the tail. Kind of freaked me out till I figured out that it took a SAM in DS1...
Posted by Guest on Sun 05 Mar 2006 07:44:45 AM CET


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