You think you had a bad day

Rtrorkt · 10-15-2018, 09:16 AM

F-16 Accidentally Blown Up By Technician

sammyg2 · 10-15-2018, 09:19 AM

oops, my bad.

tabs · 10-15-2018, 09:24 AM

4 more and he is an Ace....

legion · 10-15-2018, 09:29 AM

I thought you had to shoot them on the wing...

vash · vash's Garage

whoa.

i figure that simple list of firearm safety rules applies. yikes.

Seahawk · 10-15-2018, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by vash

i figure that simple list of firearm safety rules applies. yikes.

It happens more than you think, at least in the old days. After I left my first squadron, they had an accidental discharge INSIDE an H-60.

sammyg2 · 11:09 AM

CV-59. Studied this one extensively in fire-fighting skool.
I betcha everyone in the service that has anything to do with aeroplanes or heligo-flopters knows about the Forrestal.

sammyg2 · 10-15-2018, 11:13 AM

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On 29 July 1967, during preparation for another strike, a Zuni rocket installed on an F-4 Phantom (#110), misfired, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk, side #405, parked on the port side.[10] The rocket's impact dislodged and ruptured the Skyhawk's 400-gallon external fuel tank. Fuel from the leaking tank caught fire, creating a serious conflagration that burned for hours, killing 134, injuring 161, destroying 21 aircraft and costing the Navy US$72 million.

the wik

sammyg2 · 10-15-2018, 11:16 AM

And speaking of bad days, I got a call yesterday and the message on the other end said that charges have been filed against my social security number!!!!!

berettafan · 10-15-2018, 11:34 AM

sheesh that's a tough day for sure.

you'd think they'd have some sort of parking lock on the weapons or something!

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

Well, the good news is that General Dynamics gets to sell another F16!

Gotta look for the bright side!

PorscheGAL · PorscheGAL's Garage

I saw that story. I'm not sure it wasn't intentional. Seems that there is an investigation into that possibility.

Seahawk · 10-15-2018, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sammyg2

CV-59. Studied this one extensively in fire-fighting skool.
I betcha everyone in the service that has anything to do with aeroplanes or heligo-flopters knows about the Forrestal.

As a former heligoflopter pilot, I had to go through shipboard firefighting school in 1984/85....32nd Street in San Diego.

When the term "this sucks" was coined, it was coined at firefighting school. I hated everything about the experience. Fear of fire, fear of confinement, fear of every f'ing thing about fire on a ship.

"LTjg Morgan, what is behind that hatch?"

'Not me, Chief!

Black snot for a week.

sammyg2 · 10-15-2018, 02:03 PM

I didn't mind the univ of Reno Dodd Beals school, the tejas A & M deal was a bit over the top.
I was invited back to the Reno school as an instructor for one class. Didn't pay nuthin though.

I fought seven oil refinery fires and was part of the EOC on another two.
More than enough, never again.
we never had a fire on a ship even though we had marine terminals and off-loaded tankers.
At least in an oil refinery you have someplace to run if you're fast enough.