macfranc on Nostr: Can we nominate, for the IgNobel Peace Prize, the operator who drove the jammer that ...
Can we nominate, for the IgNobel Peace Prize, the operator who drove the jammer that damaged a $30 million F-16? 😂
The accident occurred after a weapons loader operator was unable to stop the jammer while driving it in reverse. The jammer hit a nearby F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft, causing the operator to hit his head and hurt his back on the jet’s bomb rack unit, and pinning the operator to the dashboard of the jammer. The jammer bounced off the landing gear tire of the F-15E, simultaneously throwing the operator off the jammer while also sending the jammer toward the F-16 at a high rate of speed. The jammer impacted the F-16’s right fuel tank, causing a fuel leak. Sparks emitted from the jammer ignited a fire that engulfed the jammer and the right side of the F-16.
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The accident occurred after a weapons loader operator was unable to stop the jammer while driving it in reverse. The jammer hit a nearby F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft, causing the operator to hit his head and hurt his back on the jet’s bomb rack unit, and pinning the operator to the dashboard of the jammer. The jammer bounced off the landing gear tire of the F-15E, simultaneously throwing the operator off the jammer while also sending the jammer toward the F-16 at a high rate of speed. The jammer impacted the F-16’s right fuel tank, causing a fuel leak. Sparks emitted from the jammer ignited a fire that engulfed the jammer and the right side of the F-16.
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https://www.usafe.af.mil/News/Press-Releases/Display/Article/3939420/2023-ground-mishap-accident-investigation-report-released/
NEWS (npub1qds…kt0v)