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Squeeze
10-15-2018, 10:14
Well...I'm guessing there will be a job opening for this guy. I'm willing to bet how this happened. Guy was probably the only one on the tarmac when he slipped into the cockpit of the plane. Decided to start jamming to "Highway to the Danger Zone" when he got a bit overwhelmed by the moment and then...BRRRRRRRRRT. Although, I'm wondering if the story is true, as I am unaware if an F-16 is capable of firing while grounded.

https://taskandpurpose.com/f16-destroyed-belgium/
Mr Spooky
10-15-2018, 11:05
Yes F16s can fire on the ground. Doug Masters did while saving his father.
Martinjmpr
10-15-2018, 11:44
Wait, why were there live rounds in the plane in the repair bay? Is that normal? Seems odd to me that the ammunition would not be unloaded when the aircraft was being serviced.

FWIW when I was in Afghanistan an Apache helicopter on the ground fired a hellfire missile across the tarmac at BAF. Fortunately nothing was hit and I don't even think the missile exploded.
Squeeze
10-15-2018, 11:49
Wait, why were there live rounds in the plane in the repair bay? Is that normal? Seems odd to me that the ammunition would not be unloaded when the aircraft was being serviced.

FWIW when I was in Afghanistan an Apache helicopter on the ground fired a hellfire missile across the tarmac at BAF. Fortunately nothing was hit and I don't even think the missile exploded.

Holy crapola! That would scare the crap outta me. Not to mention that was an expensive woopsie. Not as bad as the guy in this article, but still no bueno.
Skip
10-15-2018, 12:28
Yes F16s can fire on the ground. Doug Masters did while saving his father.

You got me good!

I went looking for some badass story. Was disappoint.
Mercula
10-15-2018, 12:46
Lmao. That was good
beast556
10-15-2018, 14:00
That is an expensive mistake to make.
sniper7
10-15-2018, 14:25
First cannon kill that plane has probably ever made or will make!
Gman
10-15-2018, 16:04
Make sure you guys keep your F-16s pointed in a safe direction.

My favorite part of the article;

The Belgian Airforce confirmed the incident at the airbase, and said that two mechanics were being treated for hearing loss caused by the blast.

Was probably pretty easy to tell who did it. They were yelling during normal conversation and couldn't hear a damn thing.
BushMasterBoy
10-15-2018, 17:13
And this is why I never liked sitting in the plane. And we had fission bombs.

https://www.gd-ots.com/armaments/aircraft-guns-gun-systems/f-16/
Grant H.
10-15-2018, 17:16
Can't we have common sense war plane laws?!?!?!?

FFS...


:D
Duman
10-15-2018, 17:53
And this is why I never liked sitting in the plane. And we had fission bombs.

What do you catch when you use fission bombs? [Coffee]
BushMasterBoy
10-15-2018, 18:06
What do you catch when you use fission bombs? [Coffee]

Any kind of cancer you can dream of. Usually you get an immune system disorder and a common cold kills you. Or a bacteria just eats you alive. Neutron bombs are the best, just kills people. Oil field infrastructure is basically undamaged. Even leaves military artillery like a tank intact. Just kills the men inside. Unless your bunker is lead lined, you die. All your cells just hemorrhage. Won't be any maggots, they die too.
CobaltSkink
10-15-2018, 19:45
Did we ever develop any "enhanced" neutron bombs?
I remember Jimmy Carter put the kibosh on them; did Reagan start development again?
Or is everything just "simulated" to work?
BushMasterBoy
10-15-2018, 20:53
We had them to stop Russian tanks from taking the Saudi oil fields. The taught doctrine was that we were there to stop the Russians from coming through the Fulda gap. I was an enlisted troop, but they put an Army Major in the room next to mine. His job was to make sure we did not bomb the US Army. It was the 70's Cold War! The F-111's we had, did have some gun pods available. I never seen them flown around. Base is closed now. F-111 has been retired. The F-16 was brand new and we never saw one over there. More info in the video below. I'm sure the F-22 would able to far exceed the F-111.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQuXvtW6XEU
buffalobo
10-15-2018, 21:14
What do you catch when you use fission bombs? [Coffee]BMB is distracted.

I catch trout and catfish and walleye and...

W/ fission/fishin bombs...
Gman
10-15-2018, 22:14
I liked the F-111

http://youtu.be/OPn_Avv0TIk
spqrzilla
10-16-2018, 10:32
The Vulcan fire hit one F16 and destroyed it. A second was also heavily damaged from the resulting fire. So three more and the Belgian mechanic is an Ace.
Gman
10-16-2018, 16:12
The Vulcan fire hit one F16 and destroyed it. A second was also heavily damaged from the resulting fire. So three more and the Belgian mechanic is an Ace.

[LOL]