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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2008, 09:53:36 »
if its on the back of a trailer is it a moving target? ;)

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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2008, 18:08:24 »
Doesnt suprise me with the yanks!! What did suprise me was how bad their aim was, the SUV was 3 miles away from the range!!!!
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2008, 19:21:20 »
Doesnt suprise me with the yanks!! What did suprise me was how bad their aim was, the SUV was 3 miles away from the range!!!!
Generally anything that is not American and within 10 miles is fair game :shock:

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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2008, 19:28:05 »
 :shock: Friendly fire :? :? :?

Hope they never let the pilot fly again :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2008, 21:42:52 »
I'd love to see the other side for the exit holes :shock:
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2008, 21:54:56 »
training to identify enemy targets and direct U.S. aircraft to fire on them.

 That just about says it all.
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2008, 07:46:23 »
A brown pant moment i think!
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2008, 12:37:46 »
I liked this bit. " did suffer minor injuries "while exiting the vehicle in rough terrain," " I can just picture it now.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2008, 17:07:42 »
I rather liked the comment on the Aussie website. Along the lines of "Best thing you can do with a Suburban"  :lol:
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2008, 21:00:55 »
:shock: Friendly fire :? :? :?

Hope they never let the pilot fly again :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2008, 19:35:32 »
I suppose if it had been a rangy or discovery they would have used a missile, blue on blue [-X
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2008, 20:59:46 »
Back in the 80's A10s flying out of the US bases in Suffolk used The Wash as a gunnery range-  people in Hunstanton complained of 30mm gatling rounds hitting their houses, and they were 20 miles from the range!

Apparently it was caused by rounds bouncing off the sea; they fixed it by increasing their angle of attack from the usual 2 degrees to 3.

Good to know our allies across the pond are maintaining their high level of skills  :oops:

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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2008, 23:19:15 »
I rather liked the bit in one of Clarkson's books where he was writing about the B52.
He was saying that during the Vietnam conflict the BUFF crews were regularly bombing to within 300 yards of friendly forces. he followed that with something like, "Pity they lost the knack"
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Re: Be careful around low flying F16's .....
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2008, 16:53:35 »
They've not lost the knack of 'within' 300 yards- it's the 'outside' bit they need to learn.

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