amoss%batata.huji.ac.il%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Amos Shapira) (07/07/89)
From: Amos Shapira <amoss%batata.huji.ac.il%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Some 8 months ago, two IAF F-15's collided during dogfighting training.
One was only lightly damaged, while the other lost a wing.
The pilot did land it at a nearby base.
Are there any other instances of F-15's landing _sans_ wing?
Marc A. Volovic, Sgt (res.) amoss@batata.huji.ac.il
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (07/10/89)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) > Some 8 months ago, two IAF F-15's collided during dogfighting training. >One was only lightly damaged, while the other lost a wing. > The pilot did land it at a nearby base. > > Are there any other instances of F-15's landing _sans_ wing? Three or four years ago there was a dogfight midair in the US -- probably Israeli aircraft although this wasn't made clear -- between an F-15 and an A-4. Totalled most of one wing of the F-15. Safe (although very fast) landing was made. Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu