First Aircraft Down Over Libya F-15E

Jimbuna · 03-22-11, 09:24 AM

Footage on BBC News shows it to be a Lakenheath bird 91-0304 both Crew ejected and are ok.

Both the aircrew are with the rebels but the problem is....how to recover or destroy the sensitive kit on board?

Either way...how can it be done...Special Forces or bombing from the air?

the_tyrant · 03-22-11, 09:26 AM

The first time?
I read that f15s have never been killed in combat before

Raptor1 · 03-22-11, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

The first time?
I read that f15s have never been killed in combat before

I recall a few F-15Es were also shot down by surface fire during the Gulf War.

Jimbuna · 03-22-11, 09:43 AM

I've read that myself somewhere but never looked further into it....and this bugga surely has come down but probably due to mechanical failure.

I'm just pleased both aircrew are okay and haven't been killed.

Herr-Berbunch · 03-22-11, 09:44 AM

Looking at the pics, there doesn't appear to be much sensitive equipment left at all!

Jimbuna · 03-22-11, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Looking at the pics, there doesn't appear to be much sensitive equipment left at all!

Prolly right but scavengers have been known to come across the odd golden nugget before.

AVGWarhawk · 03-22-11, 11:09 AM

I was mechanical failure from what I heard.

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03-22-11, 09:43 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've read that myself somewhere but never looked further into it....and this bugga surely has come down but probably due to mechanical failure. I'm just pleased both aircrew are okay and haven't been killed. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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