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| Pics of Libya Jet Shot Down Over Benghazi |
| 2011-03-19 |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #9 Next, "Rebels shoot down UN forces by mistake" |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-19 15:51 |
| #8 This was a rebel plane brought down by the rebels. Link (Reuters) - A warplane was shot down on Saturday over the Libyan city of Benghazi and an opposition activist said it was a rebel fighter jet hit by accident. Azeldin al-Sharif, an opposition activist, said rebel forces had brought the plane down by mistake over the city of Benghazi. The city came under attack from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday, including air strikes by planes loyal to the government. "The fighter jet that was brought down this morning, was a revolutionary fighter jet and was hit by mistake. There is no communication on the ground," said Sharif, head of the British-Libyan Solidarity Campaign. Earlier, Reuters correspondent Angus MacSwan described seeing the warplane come down. "I saw the plane circle around, come out of the clouds, head toward an apparent target, and then it was hit and went straight down in flames and a huge billow of black smoke went up," he said. |
| Posted by: Grong Smith5899 2011-03-19 14:52 |
| #7 Underskilled Merc pilot? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-03-19 11:14 |
| #6 Raw video. The MIG-23 was in a dive and one of the engines flamed out. Either the engine couldn't handle the stress of the dive and came apart, or a AAA gun got a good hit on the engine. The engine destruction looked a lot like bird strikes I've seen on commercial aircraft so the above is my theory. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-03-19 10:44 |
| #5 Looked like the pilot got out (image #2). |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-03-19 10:00 |
| #4 Rebels claim Muammar Gaddafi forces downed warplane |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-03-19 08:38 |
| #3 Whiskey Mike They are saying now that it might be one of the rebel jet. But that that's OK. It's not what you do as a crazy, but your good intentions and how you feel about it, that matters |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-03-19 07:31 |
| #2 Depends on how you define rebels. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-19 07:27 |
| #1 All of a sudden the rebels have the ability to shoot down high performance aircraft. Will wonders never cease. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-03-19 07:06 |