Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Got this answer from a F-16 that I know at KSEE.
The answer to his last question was YES.
The show (or interviews with the actual pilots in the raid) stated they flew between 50' and 200' - and even overflew the King of Jordan's personal yachet and that he alerted Saddam!
Jungle - I really wasn't questioning whether they dropped the tanks or not - but whether there was a restriction against such a dropping of the tanks with A/G stores loaded. Do you agree that hot-pitting is a dangerous maneuver?
Imagine how much time I should have been getting extra dangerous duty pay
USMCFLYR
It is all dangerous. You are always low on fuel, on fire and sitting on a rocket motor!
Restriction or not-they did it. I suspect they knew they could through General Dynamics or the US Airforce, or perhaps their own testing. I doubt it was a chance play on their part.