Originally Posted by
MightyGem
Errr...the Forrestal fire was caused by a rogue missile. So the Frogfoot one could have been a lot worse.t
IMHO this and the thread title ('That was close') are distasteful considering the rocket went on to kill 2 civilian adults and 2 children and injure 2 others in a house adjoining the base. Arguably it would have been better for the C-130 or the bowser directly in front of the Frogfoot to have soaked it up.
It's one thing for a host nation to disregard hard-learned lessons about safe headings and the dangers of loitering in front of forward firing weapons (a bowser? WTF?) but how on Earth could the French allow one of their aircraft to be parked like that?