Belgian Air Force F-16 destroyed by fire during maintenance – Collateral damage on second F-16

1. Isn’t “cannon” usually spelled with two ‘n’, in English? (Contrairement au français…)

2. And you can bet that’ll be coming out of that mechanic’s pay. And people wonder why a captain goes down with his ship ?

3. Because of NATO, Trump will pay. No toll from taxes needed.

4. belgian air force scores its first kill!

5. Only a fool thinks killing is a mark of distinction

6. 4 mote and he’s an ace.

7. This seems unlikely. Virtually all fighter aircraft with weapons systems have a “weight on wheels” signal that prevents the weapon systems from operating while the plane is on the ground. I have to believe there’s information missing from the reporting on this incident.

8. The weight on wheels switch (WOW) disables many safety related things on the ground, like firing missiles, firing the gun, transmitting radar, etc. This switch can be manually overridden with a person by the wheel with a screw driver.

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10. In addition to the WOW safety interlock, which would have to be overridden, there should also be a safety pin (with flag) that the pilot or armourer would remove as the pilot performs his pre-flight walkround. Within the cockpit, the Master Armament control would have to be set to Live and the Gun would also have to be selected via the weapons selector (Gun, Missiles, Bombs etc). Also – why is an armed aircraft inside a hangar and electrically powered-up (other sites have pics with the F16 in question inside a hangar). There is a lot more to this story than has been divulged so far.

11. During phase inspection, the cannon is removed from the aircraft.
    After re-installation, it’s standard practice to have it tested (dry run) while the aircraft is connected to external hydraulic pressure.
    With the aircraft on its jacks, WoW is not an issue.
    This is a common thing to have this tested, while the aircraft is still in the hangar.

    The only thing that raises questions here, is why in earth was that ammo drum loaded wih live ammo?!

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19. I don’t know where the fire was. Only maintenance alone will cause fire damage too

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