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2008-03-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel grounds some F-16 fighters over cancer fears

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-03-21 08:43|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Oh GOD! NOOOOOOO!!!!

Ya know, if I remember correctly, the pilots have a separate breathing system and a mask ... so what is the issue again?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-21 09:09|| 2008-03-21 09:09|| Front Page Top

#2 ...so what is the issue again?

Tort Lawyers? The baddies will kill you quickly, the tort lawyers will make you pay for an eternity.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-21 10:14|| 2008-03-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Darth,

Yes they do, called OBOGS - On board Oxygen Generation System.

There is also OBIGS / OBIGGS On board Inert Gas Gerneration System. Often used to pressurize the feul tanks among other tings.

Posted by bombay">bombay 2008-03-21 10:58|| 2008-03-21 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4 We used to almost bathe in formaldehyde in my Zoology classes. 30 years later I can still smell the stuff when I think of those lab classes and you reeked for days afterward of the stuff.

Posted by Phil_B 2008-03-21 11:01|| 2008-03-21 11:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Could get all snarky and ask for the location of all the ex-katrina FEMA trailers and if any were used by L-M for parts storage.

but this looks like a cover for other issues and i would be more suspect of a ketone based substance ( MIK, MEK, are two that come to mind)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-03-21 16:38|| 2008-03-21 16:38|| Front Page Top

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