F15 Down Over Libya
Discussion
Max_Torque said:
Is there likely to be anything "sensitive" on the plane? The video shows some of it's armaments pretty undamaged (AIM's etc) I assume the actual F15 is pretty old news these days, so not worth salvaging the airframe itself??
I imagine that the US will send a single Apache operating from a ship of the coast to rescue the downed pilot and fire a couple of hellfires into the aircraft in order to destroy any sensitive equipment onboard...Magog said:
I imagine that the US will send a single Apache operating from a ship of the coast to rescue the downed pilot and fire a couple of hellfires into the aircraft in order to destroy any sensitive equipment onboard...
I have heard of 2 arecraft strike missions being called in in the first gulf war to ensure equipment wasn't captured! Anyone know how the pilots made it home? I thought they landed in a 'freindly' area but i bet the pentagon still wanted them out of the ASAP!
Chris.
NismoGT said:
Only those with oil. And lots of it.
They will sell oil whichever bunch of loonies is in power. They need the money as much as we need the oil.(Libya is only 2% of world production, but a handy scare for whacking up the price of fuel. Anyone notice the 1p cut today? I didn't.)
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