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Disaster: F-16I crashes in south
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 11.11.10, 08:08
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1. My heart goes out to the brave souls
Yehoshua j1 ,   Usa   (11.11.10)
2. The F16 is an American piece of junk
Al   (11.11.10)
Israel shuttered the Lavi project thanks to Rabin who undoubtedly was paid off by the Americans. As a result Israel became dependent on American made junk. The Americans cant sew a pair of pants, what makes you think they can build a plane. Two young lives lost unnecessarily thanks to greed. So much for your St hero. The families ought to sue...There are 50K lawyers in Israel..make them busy.
3. His bravery is to be honored, few can do this job.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (11.11.10)
4. Probably someone taped an NIS in the turbin
Rivkah   (11.11.10)
When I worked in San Diego in the 1970's and early 1980's, many jets crashed at Miramar Naval Air Station (now called Marine Corps Air Station Miramar after Senator Diane Feinstein got offended at jokes by Navy pilots at a party there). There were a lot of widows and speculation was that a quarter was being taped inside the turbine, a fatal flaw in jets that can bring down even a big one. Mechanics get p.o.'d at pilots and kill them.
5. may G-d help those IAF soldiers
pini ,   usrael   (11.11.10)
i hope they are alive and if not that we are able to retreive their bodies. My heart goes out to their families and friends!
6. Rest in Peace
Ali ,   Turkish Republic   (11.11.10)
Rest in Peace to Pilot patience to his family,loved ones and country.
7. Z'L
Istralian Ausraeli   (11.11.10)
8. human error ? must be those
palestine hawk ,   janin palestine   (11.11.10)
hamas hunters with the new gadgets from Iran they always cause errors
9. this was hit by iranian version of S-300
Reza SHAH ,   tehran   (11.11.10)
and now you know our reach
10. #8: right... Iranian missiles in Miztpe Ramon
good for us u Arabs   (11.11.10)
are so stupid.
11. Sad and unavoidable when you are a superpower
Rob . C ,   IL   (11.11.10)
For a country that is forced to train non stop... accidents unfortunately will occur, in the same way that the more you drive on the road the higher the risk for an accident. I hope one day the Arabs choose peace over war, so that we don’t have to experience accidents like these anymore.
12. Gaza did it * Gaza have ..
yety   (11.11.10)
13. but no ejection seat, no emergency signal - from BOTH of em?
eporue ,   europe   (11.11.10)
14. Our young men die while protecting us
Robert Haymond ,   Israel/Canada   (11.11.10)
and the cowardly Charedim refuse to serve.
15. whose fault?
observer   (11.11.10)
now, it's duty of rescue workers to catch the pilots alive. Rabbis say its the wrath on the soldiers for not observing Torah. Settlers say its G-d's punishment for Israel because of not supporting building in illegal settlements. Israel's military says it's the safety of F16I and responsibility of the US to provide field training and compensate for casualties. Alarming rumors of heavy Israeli casualties were circulating in Israel, which the Israeli government did nothing to allay until the fourteenth of October, 1973. Then it issued its first casualty figure, admitting to 656 dead so far, which hardly stemmed the mounting anxiety within the country, especially as no figures of wounded were given. This figure obviously did not include the casualties of the battles of the fourteenth. Israel's Politicians underestimates casualties, but foremost they hide the actual cause; sabotage by enemy.
16. Iranian missile
DM   (11.11.10)
sure, guys, whatever delusion keeps your arab pride pumping.
17. Stuxnet?
IRAN#1   (11.11.10)
You never know!
18. #2
seadog ,   fair oak ca USA   (11.12.10)
the F16 super hornet is the most advanced air superiority fighter in the world. all avionics experts agree. tragic incidents occur. Israel IDF agreed the expense of a purely Israeli fighter was prohibitive(the engines were to be US built!). Funds were needed for other projects and Israel given a good deal of input to development and fitting to our needs. to say the US cannot sew pants you fool examine our submarines, aerospace, missiles, raytheon's ballistic defense, et al,( a 'payoff!!!) you are sadly biased and ignorant.
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