IDFAF F-16C block 30 #388 from tayeset 110 was hit by shrapnell during an attack over Lebanon on December 12th, 1989. [IDFAF photo]
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News: Israeli F-16 downs another drone from Lebanon [2013-04-30]
The Israeli military says one of their F-16s shot down an unmanned aircraft sent into Israeli airspace by Hezbollah militants. The threat was detected at 6,000 feet over the Mediterranean sea on April 25th and was destroyed shortly after by an air-to-air missile.
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F-16 #388
The jet was hit by shrapnell on the right side of the tail during an attack over Lebanon. The shrapnell made the right stab coming lose from the aircraft. The pilot was able to land the airframe with a trail of red hydraulic fluid coming from the aircraft's right side. The repair too several months to complete.
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