Midair result
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IIRC, it was an IDF plane.
I would have looked at the damage, concluded the airplane was totalled, and decided it wasn't worth having it roll over on short final just to bring back a collection of future spare parts. All the dude got out of it was bragging rights...
Actually I'm not sure he could even see all the damage.
#9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1aKxAN7bAs
Here's the History Channel's vid on it. Interviews the pilot and has some footage.
Here's the History Channel's vid on it. Interviews the pilot and has some footage.
#10
It was IDF. When I was stationed at Elmendorf there was a 15 that got shot by another 15 with an AIM-9. Took off the left horizontal stab, half of the left wing, and FOD'd out the left engine. It flew back to EAFB and landed fine. The fuselage is a lifting body itself. This incident happened before I got there, but the whole story and photos were posted on the wall in Hanger 4 there.
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