12dec2015: F-16 "destroyed by own missile", supposedly....

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 12 Dec 2015, 20:13

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=182229

Date: 12-DEC-2015
Time: morning
Type: F-16
Owner/operator: UAE Air Force ?
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: al-Anad airbase - Yemen

tomcat604 · Post by **tomcat604** » 13 Dec 2015, 15:49

This coming from FARS? Isn't that the mouthpiece for the Iranian gov't?
Has anybody corraborated the claimed losses from the article?
I cant recall having seen that many combat losses - although i could be wrong.

raameagle · Post by **raameagle** » 13 Dec 2015, 22:45

Agreed. 17 Saudi F-15s destroyed too, I'm not convinced...

Regards

Stratofreighter · Post by **Stratofreighter** » 15 Dec 2015, 21:33

Well, Aviation-Safety.net "de-listed" this entry.

Most likely because there was a dearth of "reliable" evidence.

tomcat604 · Post by **tomcat604** » 16 Dec 2015, 23:01

Gee - now there's a shocker. According to FARS the USN has lost 3 carriers and a couple of hundred Hornets to their glorious fighters
I joke of course but its the kind of claims that are made. I guess anything goes in a propaganda war !!!

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