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Invader26
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F-15E down in Libya. Both crew ejected. "Rebels" helping crew it is believed.
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Not good news but glad they got out okay.

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Rumor mill says it was this jet, 91-0304, 492 Fighter Squadron.

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Glad to read the crew is safe.


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Wreckage doesn't appear to have been destroyed, locals are swarming all over it....
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I'm no crash investigator, but that looks like it hit in a flat spin. Sad to see it in such a shape, but very glad to hear the crew egressed successfully.

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lmritger wrote:
I'm no crash investigator, but that looks like it hit in a flat spin. Sad to see it in such a shape, but very glad to hear the crew egressed successfully.

Lynn

And this is the best picture to prove that point:

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Wreckage doesn't appear to have been destroyed....
So it is restorable then? :lol:
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Randy Haskin wrote:
Rumor mill says it was this jet, 91-0304, 492 Fighter Squadron.


When do you expect the rumor mill will discuss what mechanical problems brought down an F-15?

That doesn't happen often to a twin turbine aircraft...
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Randy Haskin wrote:
Rumor mill says it was this jet, 91-0304, 492 Fighter Squadron.

I think you're right

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think the rebels shot down the strike eagle by accident??
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think the rebels shot down the strike eagle by accident??

I think the same thing.

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"I saw the plane spinning round and round as it came down," said Mahdi el-Amruni, who rushed to the crash site with other villagers. "It was in flames..

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/ ... 5759.shtml
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jaldo wrote:
MERLINMAGIC43 wrote:
think the rebels shot down the strike eagle by accident??

I think the same thing.
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"I saw the plane spinning round and round as it came down," said Mahdi el-Amruni, who rushed to the crash site with other villagers. "It was in flames..

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/ ... 5759.shtml

Or some sort of uncontained turbine failure?

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Or some sort of uncontained turbine failure?


That's more like it.

Damage from AAA or SAMs does not cause metal to bend outward from the engine bay.

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I do not think the rebels could hit the side of a gun with a barn in regards to AA

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