Comments on: F-16 Shoot-down Mystery http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 25 May 2012 20:09:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roland http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-221504 Roland Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:49:00 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-221504 I think they don't want us there anymore. We should pull out our troops as soon as possible. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.sadr/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.sa...</a> I think they don’t want us there anymore. We should pull out our troops as soon as possible.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.sa…

]]> By: guest http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-221500 guest Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:30:41 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-221500 <a href="http://4sky.up.seesaa.net/image/P9120049.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://4sky.up.seesaa.net/image/P9120049.jpg</a> Japanese F-16 deflected tailplanes : http://4sky.up.seesaa.net/image/P9120049.jpg
Japanese F-16 deflected tailplanes :

]]> By: guest http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-221499 guest Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:28:28 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-221499 related link : F-16 Sale to Taiwan, Would It Make A Difference? : <a href="http://defensetech.org/2010/03/15/f-16-sale-to-taiwan-would-it-make-a-difference/" rel="nofollow">http://defensetech.org/2010/03/15/f-16-sale-to-ta...</a> related link :

F-16 Sale to Taiwan, Would It Make A Difference? :
http://defensetech.org/2010/03/15/f-16-sale-to-ta…

]]> By: guest http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-221498 guest Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:25:55 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-221498 related link : F-16 VS. GRAMMAR SCHOOL : <a href="http://defensetech.org/2004/11/05/f-16-vs-grammar-school/" rel="nofollow">http://defensetech.org/2004/11/05/f-16-vs-grammar...</a> related link :

F-16 VS. GRAMMAR SCHOOL :
http://defensetech.org/2004/11/05/f-16-vs-grammar…

]]> By: Jeff http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-63423 Jeff Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:58:31 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-63423 All i wanna know is who packed the chute that the pilot used when ejecting. The reason for wondering is i am stationed at Misawa and the jet that crashed was a 13th jet. I am in the Survival Equipment shop which used to be part of Fab. All i wanna know is who packed the chute that the pilot used when ejecting. The reason for wondering is i am stationed at Misawa and the jet that crashed was a 13th jet. I am in the Survival Equipment shop which used to be part of Fab.

]]> By: esmoore5 http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-63422 esmoore5 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:36:10 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-63422 More on the AH-60 at: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/mh-60l-dap.htm More on the AH-60 at:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/mh-60l-dap.htm

]]> By: esmoore5 http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-164220 esmoore5 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:02:38 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-164220 Hmm, the article at: http://nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2007/August/ArmyHelos.htm includes the following: "A few days later, an SA-16 missile took down an AH-60 Black Hawk, which resulted in the deaths of four crewmembers and two passengers." So it looks like the SA-16 HAS been used in Iraq against an AH-60 helo, and perhaps other targets as well. In case you're wondering what an "AH-60" is. See: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/ah-60l.htm Hmm, the article at:
http://nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2007/August/ArmyHelos.htm
includes the following:
“A few days later, an SA-16 missile took down an
AH-60 Black Hawk, which resulted in the deaths of
four crewmembers and two passengers.“
So it looks like the SA-16 HAS been used in Iraq
against an AH-60 helo, and perhaps other targets
as well.
In case you’re wondering what an “AH-60″ is. See:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/ah-60l.htm

]]> By: George Skinner http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-164219 George Skinner Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:27:19 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-164219 A couple of misconceptions to correct: an IR-guided missile does not follow a "heat trail" - it tracks hot metal such as the exhaust nozzle of a jet engine. I also don't see why it's obvious that such a missile couldn't hit an aircraft taking off, as long as the aircraft overflies the launcher. Once the aircraft flies past, its engine is now exposed to the seeker on the SAM. A couple of misconceptions to correct: an IR-guided missile does not follow a “heat trail” — it tracks hot metal such as the exhaust nozzle of a jet engine. I also don’t see why it’s obvious that such a missile couldn’t hit an aircraft taking off, as long as the aircraft overflies the launcher. Once the aircraft flies past, its engine is now exposed to the seeker on the SAM.

]]> By: Foreign.Boy http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-164218 Foreign.Boy Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:04:55 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-164218 "You don't go around wasting good missiles on jets, they would shoot large helos carrying troops to increase the shock value...." Novemeber 2003 - Iraq http://www.michael-forman.com/gallery/dhl.html A DHL Freight Jet was hit by a SAM missile. Given, it's a bigger target and lacks anti-SAM equiptment, but they managed to clip this bird while apaches circled the Baghdad airport “You don’t go around wasting good missiles on jets, they would shoot large helos carrying troops to increase the shock value.…“
Novemeber 2003 — Iraq
http://www.michael-forman.com/gallery/dhl.html
A DHL Freight Jet was hit by a SAM missile.
Given, it’s a bigger target and lacks anti-SAM equiptment, but they managed to clip this bird while apaches circled the Baghdad airport

]]> By: Lugo http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down-mystery/#comment-164217 Lugo Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:28:15 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3625#comment-164217 Why are we not filming every single take-off? As with the camera in the bank or the 7-11, you only keep the film if something bad happens. It is hard to believe that the air traffic controllers or someone on the base wouldn't notice if a missile started climbing into the sky right outside the wire. Why are we not filming every single take-off? As with the camera in the bank or the 7–11, you only keep the film if something bad happens.
It is hard to believe that the air traffic controllers or someone on the base wouldn’t notice if a missile started climbing into the sky right outside the wire.

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