F-16s damaged in AFG (from f-16.net)
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Belgian F-16s in Afghanistan heavily damaged
March 8, 2009 (by Lieven Dewitte) - Three of the four Belgian F-16s stationed in Kandahar sustained heavy damage after their engines where FOD'ed by debris kicked up by a landing transport aircraft.
So much dust and debris was released that the F-16 engines came to a halt.
The three Belgian aircraft were sitting on their parking spot when a cargo plane taxied along.
That maneuver kicked up large quantities of pebbles and sand, which ended up in the engines of the Belgian F-16s and damaged the rotor blades.
As a precaution, and to any avoid further damage, the engines were removed from the three jets and sent back to Belgium for further inspection. One of the jets already has a new engine and is airworthy again.
A C-130 will leave Belgium on Monday with two replacement engines to repair the other F-16s.
The Belgian Air Component deployed four F-16AMs to Kandahar in September 2008 together with 140 troops. They support the 41,700-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
Belgian F-16s in Afghanistan heavily damaged
March 8, 2009 (by Lieven Dewitte) - Three of the four Belgian F-16s stationed in Kandahar sustained heavy damage after their engines where FOD'ed by debris kicked up by a landing transport aircraft.
So much dust and debris was released that the F-16 engines came to a halt.
The three Belgian aircraft were sitting on their parking spot when a cargo plane taxied along.
That maneuver kicked up large quantities of pebbles and sand, which ended up in the engines of the Belgian F-16s and damaged the rotor blades.
As a precaution, and to any avoid further damage, the engines were removed from the three jets and sent back to Belgium for further inspection. One of the jets already has a new engine and is airworthy again.
A C-130 will leave Belgium on Monday with two replacement engines to repair the other F-16s.
The Belgian Air Component deployed four F-16AMs to Kandahar in September 2008 together with 140 troops. They support the 41,700-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
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Maybe it had landed and was taxing away from the runway.
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Hang on chaps! Perchance this was written by someone for whom English is not his native tongue (the hint is in his name?) and was therefore written in a style that maybe a natural English speaker wouldn't? Cut him some slack, he was doing his best with someone else's words. And good luck to the Belgian Air Force 
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Belgian VSTOL F-16s??????
Cool. Never knew the F-16 could hover. That must explain the slow speed handling though.
That maneuver kicked up large quantities of pebbles and sand, which ended up in the engines of the Belgian F-16s and damaged the rotor blades.
That maneuver kicked up large quantities of pebbles and sand, which ended up in the engines of the Belgian F-16s and damaged the rotor blades.
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Just to show impartiality nunquamparatus, it might be better that you're Firmly Grounded, I imagine those rotor blades are sitting amongst an equal number (there or thereabouts) of stator blades and not on the head 
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No.......spent a good few minutes looking at your post and found nothing to laugh at. Came to the conclusion that you are just not funny.
And no, I don't laugh at my own jokes. At myself, yes, at my jokes, no.
No.......spent a good few minutes looking at your post and found nothing to laugh at. Came to the conclusion that you are just not funny.
And no, I don't laugh at my own jokes. At myself, yes, at my jokes, no.
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This must be a record - posts go straight from pedantic to slanging match faster than ( even a conventional, and didn't see any mention of VT ) F-16...
The only sensible post, which might have been worth hearing an answer to, was ' why no intake blanks ? ' - it seems inferred they were lined up to taxy out, but...
Wrong place, wrong time, wrong instructions to passing transport ?
Seems we'll never know, anyway posting allied losses is not such a brilliant idea, pointing out the quick replacement of assets certainly is though.
The only sensible post, which might have been worth hearing an answer to, was ' why no intake blanks ? ' - it seems inferred they were lined up to taxy out, but...
Wrong place, wrong time, wrong instructions to passing transport ?
Seems we'll never know, anyway posting allied losses is not such a brilliant idea, pointing out the quick replacement of assets certainly is though.
