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:doh:

 

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...on the sadder side, two men were injured :(

 

"A maintenance worker accidentally fired a 20mm Vulcan cannon from an F-16 jet he was working on at Belgium’s Florennes Air Force Base earlier this week, destroying another F-16 while damaging another aircraft nearby, according to Scramble Magazine"

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/14/belgian-mechanic-accidentally-destroys-f-16-fighter-jet-cannon/

 


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And to add insult to injury, they seem to opt for the F-35 (I guess F-35A) for the replacement of their F-16s. Sad times.

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They won't be having the best reputation around the hangars for sure.I wonder how they got injured though, the cannon was firing away from their location.

 

I believe I read it was damage to the ears (to what extent?) by the loudness of the shots.

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:doh:

 

Hot Shots movie live, or was Mr. Bean there on the visit? :D

 

...on the sadder side, two men were injured :(

 

"A maintenance worker accidentally fired a 20mm Vulcan cannon from an F-16 jet he was working on at Belgium’s Florennes Air Force Base earlier this week, destroying another F-16 while damaging another aircraft nearby, according to Scramble Magazine"

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/14/belgian-mechanic-accidentally-destroys-f-16-fighter-jet-cannon/

 

I read this news last week.. pretty jaw dropping :doh:

 

I know, where people work, errors are made.. but really.... these guy's (not just the guy in the cockpit, but also his colleagues) must have ignored multiple warnings and bypassed multiple safeties. Could have turned out much worse than it did.

 

A case of beyond incompetence, or very bad training/lead.


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Hey, A kills a kill.

Hmm... good point.. guess this rectifies everything :D

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And to add insult to injury, they seem to opt for the F-35 (I guess F-35A) for the replacement of their F-16s. Sad times.

 

How is that adding an insult to injury? What is their other options? I heard they were looking at Eurofighter, Rafale or Uprgraded Viper.

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The last round was between Eurofighter and F-35, as Dassault didn't submit a proposal to the tender, but did a proposal directly to the government.

 

A very important aspect was interoperability with teh Dutch Airforce with which Belgium closely works together for advantages of scale.

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