F-18 Drop Tank Test Disaster

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   1406924 Jul 07, 2011

   
   

   Just a little old, don't you think! This was from PAX River in 1984 and was a VER (vertical ejecter rack) seperation test. Dummy bombs had no effect at all. Try someting from this century!

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   EODCM2Feathers Jul 07, 2011

   
   

   I'm with Senior... Heck, that was the year before I went to Dive and EOD School from my former life as an AOC.... EODCM B. Tyrrell (Retired)

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   9851976 Jul 07, 2011

   
   

   What are you two talking about just becouse its old does not make it any less worth of Posting, Some very good clips all through the history of the Military.

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   batvette Jul 07, 2011

   
   

   yeah it's old but I'm glad it was posted as this is the first of a dozen times I've seen the clip where the event was described, as well as the aircrew's fate.

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5. 
   Naval_Aviator_Tester Jul 07, 2011

   
   

   Super old video and an inaccurate desription of what happened and how it could have been prevented! It was from 1984 and it was a pilot and a photographer, not copilot. You should really take this down so as not to appear ignorant to the facts of the event.

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   26850549 Jul 09, 2011

   
   

   Follow the rules concerning deployment of Bomb. All Airfighter Planes MUST be on the same elevation and 1 Knot away.This emplies that MOST of the Military Officers are untrained, incompetent and FRAUD. Verify Identities of ALL military going in the premise.

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7. 
   FosterBDAV166 Jul 13, 2011

   
   

   Even if the bomb had been live ordnance it would not have detonated upon impact with the A4 Sky Hawk. Not enough time for the fuse to arm.

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   flyhighf Jul 19, 2011

   
   

   wowwwwwwww, amazing great

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9. 
   AFSSson Sep 21, 2011

   
   

   Don't care how old this one is; that had to hurt...

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10. 
    21757342 Sep 21, 2011

    
    

    HAVEN'T THEY LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT CAMERA PLANES AND DISTANCE. IF THIS WERE THE FIRST TIME THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT OCCURRED I'D SAY LEARN FROM IT. UNFORTUNATELY THIS EXACT SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO AN A-4 AT THE PAX RANGE INVOLVING A F/A 18.

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    OldRotorHead Sep 28, 2011

    
    

    I was stationed at Pax when this happened. True it was a pilot and photographer. The weird thing is it was a civil service photographer and it was his first flight. His name was Randy.

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    14679484 Apr 08, 2012

    
    

    Doesn't matter how OLD!! Need to REMEMBER to avoid "relearning a lesson." Think 1966 North American XB-70 Valkyrie AV-2. An F-104 “Widowmaker” chase plane gets sucked into the XB's vortex, strikes the XB with the F’s T-tail, flips over backwards and upside down, to then strike and rip off the Vertical stabilizer(s) of the XB... There goes $4B, a kick-A bomber program, & most importantly two valiant American heroes. -http://area51specialprojects.com/xb70_crash.html -A-7 Aero Engineer & admirer of service vets

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