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2022-06-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian F-14 Fighter Jet Crashes During Training Flight

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Posted by Fred 2022-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
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#1 Ran out of US made spare parts and had to use Iranian knock-offs?

Posted by Glenmore 2022-06-19 00:23|| 2022-06-19 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 ^The Chinese tech rep said they had solved their quality control issues

Posted by magpie 2022-06-19 00:33|| 2022-06-19 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 ...I would LOVE to see how many of those beasts are still actually in any way flightworthy.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-06-19 09:03|| 2022-06-19 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Inshallah Maintenance or Google Translation failure for the 40 year old tech manuals?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-06-19 12:21|| 2022-06-19 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 Inshallah Maintenance or Google Translation failure for the 40 year old tech manuals?
Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-06-19 12:21

Embrace the healing power of 'and'.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-06-19 16:31|| 2022-06-19 16:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Inshallah maintenance... Or as an expat told me of trying and failing (!!) to get an aircraft mechanic (a local) to use a torque wrench set to the proper tension. He looked back from the exit and saw that the "mechanic" had put down the torque wrench and was back 'muscling' a garden variety socket wrench...

Posted by magpie 2022-06-19 18:50|| 2022-06-19 18:50|| Front Page Top

#7 A torque wrench is no match for the Will of Allan(tm). No matter the foot-lbs, the bolt falls off if Allan so wills it.

Posted by SteveS 2022-06-19 18:57|| 2022-06-19 18:57|| Front Page Top

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