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F-16 Fighting Falcon breaking off
In June 1973, an F-14 Tomcat flown by Grumman test pilots “Pete” Purvis and “Tank” Sherman shot itself down using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile.
The incident occurred during a routine flight test. The F-14 fired an AIM-7E - the missile came off, faltered, tumbled end over end, spewing fire and debris into the jet’s TF-30 engine.
The right engine caught fire, and the aircraft became unresponsive, forcing “Pete” and “Tank” to eject. The pilots ejected safely and parachuted in one piece into the Pacific.
The incident occurred during a routine flight test. The F-14 fired an AIM-7E - the missile came off, faltered, tumbled end over end, spewing fire and debris into the jet’s TF-30 engine.
The right engine caught fire, and the aircraft became unresponsive, forcing “Pete” and “Tank” to eject. The pilots ejected safely and parachuted in one piece into the Pacific.
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Seeth pajeets, make cooler liveries for your planes. You have flankers yet you paint them in that ugly gray, who wants to see that?
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And raiding a channel's comments because they posted Pakistani planes? How low are you Indians?
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I'd rather keep posting the Nord 1500 Griffon than the ugly Indian gray planes
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Listen kid, your Pakistan-India bullshit won't run here. Stop stinking up the place and go back to your mud hut
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