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I just sent this link to My Favorite Wingnut with the caption Jackpine Radical May 2012 #1
More of these F-16s seem to be crashing in Utah training exercises. How old was the plane? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #2
I dunno. OP says last time at this base was 2009. bemildred May 2012 #3
You're right. The last crash AT THIS BASE was on June 22, 2009. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #8
Could be anything from 70s vintage to new; they're still occasionally building them Posteritatis May 2012 #5
Please excuse my skepticism, but where did you get "there are something like 4500 or so"? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #7
Any reference on the F-16 you can find will give you a number in that range Posteritatis May 2012 #9
Sure AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #10
The US Air Force has about 1200 F-16s in service. nt hack89 May 2012 #11
Maybe AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #12
They only have two! octothorpe May 2012 #13
What I want to believe is that neither one of us knows. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #16
Or you could spend thirty seconds on Google searching for a widely-known fact. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #19
It's a widely-known fact that there are "4500 or so"? hack89's "1,245," below, seems more accurate. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #20
Maybe you should click on the link referencing the specific fighter Posteritatis May 2012 #22
The difference is that I have asked for the source of the superior knowledge claimed by some. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #23
Certainly feel free to chip in with a number of your own. Don't be shy. nt hack89 May 2012 #14
Some one else made up or came up with "4500 or so". Why isn't that more accurate? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #15
OK - here you go hack89 May 2012 #18
For those really interested in the ages of F-16s... caraher May 2012 #21
Uh-oh. Chef Eric May 2012 #4
Where is Winston Churchill and his tight sphincter when we need him !? Kolesar May 2012 #6
That's what Crash McCain used to say. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #17
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