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2011-03-22 Africa North

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Posted by Omolurong Ghibelline1929 2011-03-22 14:34|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Note the guys taking pictures of the components in the wreck, and the ordnance still somewhat intact. Who wants to bet that stuff wwas being sold to the Iranians/Chinese and others in a bidding war as that video is being taken. I'm sure the USAF wanted to get boots on the ground to evaluate and recover things, and equally sure that the Bumbler in Chief denied the request, worried about press more that technology transfers and reverse engineering of weapons systems to deal with our capabilities. Glad the dipshit in charge has his priorities straight.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2011-03-22 15:28|| 2011-03-22 15:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like it burned after it crashed (and pretty intensely, at that). Doubt if any of the weaponry still aboard has any electronics capable of being recovered. The aircraft electronics were probably also pretty well fried. Looks like someone tossed in a thermite grenade after they evacuated.

Posted by OId Patriot 2011-03-22 16:16|| 2011-03-22 16:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Not a fuel fire?

The pictures of the Libyan rebel MiG jet that went down in flames still showed it with paint on it.

Maybe we're using the premium grade of fuel?

Weird.

Posted by gorb 2011-03-22 16:24|| 2011-03-22 16:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Mechanical issue. Horizontal aircraft attitude. Apparently low speed. Low level ejection. 2 ejector seats in center of aircraft.

Burnt center fuselage. The math is easy.

Posted by No I am The Other Beldar 2011-03-22 16:51|| 2011-03-22 16:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Not good. A few of the vertical tail EW pods looked intact. An AIM-120C AMRAAM body and 2 AIM-9M Sidewinder guidance sections looked fairly intact.

Posted by Oscar Spineck3066 2011-03-22 17:22|| 2011-03-22 17:22|| Front Page Top

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