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[–] 2 points 1 hour ago

Nature is healing

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  • Guys stop joking avout this f16s only do this when they're really distressed

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  • [–] 10 points 6 hours ago

    you can't park there

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  • [–] 20 points 8 hours ago

    More [crashes] to come

    yes-hahaha-yes-l

    sicko-yes

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  • [–] 19 points 8 hours ago

    I thought that said F-150 and I was trying to figure out why the fire is so far away from the road

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  • [–] 43 points 10 hours ago (9 children)

    You’re supposed to pull up when the ground is in front of you lol

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  • [–] 22 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

    This was such a common problem that the air force had to develop a system that would recognize when the F-16 is on course to hit the ground and pulls out automatically. Pilots were passing out due to the forces and just lawn darting into the ground before that.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

    air force had to develop a system that would recognize when the F-16 is on course to hit the ground and pulls out automatically

    I thought you were joking

    lmao

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  • [–] 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    they just put out a video lmao https://youtube.com/watch?v=WkZGL7RQBVw

    i get why though cause hearing the point guy freaking the fuck out and then seeing the system save wingman's ass had the entire comment section clapping like seals.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 hours ago

    That poor tree

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  • [–] 22 points 10 hours ago (9 children)

    F-15 pilots had a nickname for the F-16: the lawn dart

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  • [–] 15 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

    That was also the German nickname for the F-104, and i'm expecting somebody to barge in and inform us that the F-35 has been called that for a decade now.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

    The F-104 had the best nicknames, all related to how it loved to kill it's pilots

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  • [–] 12 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

    The Italians were still flying them up until 2004.

    Introduction date: 20 February 1958 (United States)

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    31 October 2004 (Italian Air Force)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter

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  • [–] 13 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    The Italians took possession of theirs in '62 and lost 147 of them in accidents over the next 42 years. They were crashing just over 3.25 of these a year for almost half a century. That's some dedication to killing pilots

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  • [–] 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    Zipper; "Missile With A Man In It"; Witwenmacher "Widowmaker" (Bundesluftwaffe nickname); Flying Coffin; Ground Nail; Bullet & Blades; Badmash "Wicked One" (Pakistani nickname for F-104As), Eiko "Glory" (Japanese nickname for F-104Js), Spaghetti Starfighter (Italian nickname for F-104S-ASAs.)

    The Luftwaffe also called it Sargfighter, after the German word for coffin.

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    just mean the pilot has the opportunity to bring down another plane.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 hours ago

    The stress of having to face a foe that can punch back has Amerikkkan sailors jumping off ships and Amerikkkan fighter jets falling from the sky.

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