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Belgium: accidental shots destroy an F-16 plane of the Air Force

A technician started burst of cannon from other aircraft

An incredibile incident it happened yesterday afternoon at the Florennes Air Base, when during a maintenance on an F-16 aircraft of the Belgium Air Component a technician accidentally opened fire and hitting another aircraft parked on the square in front of the hangars. The affected F-16 caught fire and was completely destroyed, also because it was loaded with fuel, and two other models of the US fighter...

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Florennes, Belgium, 10/12/2018 12:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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