Belly Landing cr@USAF

USAF F-16C block 25 #83-1161 from the 61st FS made a belly landing at Luke AFB on June 17th, 2004 in which only the fuel tank, the right ventral fin and the captive AIM-9 were damaged.

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Emre says..

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Originally posted by Recidivist
Yep how can a man belly land a plane with arms and fuel.?

the fuel tank was empty burned out and 9m missile was just light damaged so he had major luck :D and the first and second pylons cant be droped and i dont know why he doesnt droped the centerline tank , maybe he doesnt wanted to give his jet more damage as possible , just my opinion

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Emre says..

look @ that http://www.patricksaviation.com/photos/Boomer/17655/

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Emre says..

hmm i will send another pic from the dutch f16 was in emergency landing with ECM pod belly landing ^^

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Recidivist says..

Yep how can a man belly land a plane with arms and fuel.?

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Emre says..

check info

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John Batalogiannis says..

How did this happened ?Can you give us more details ?
It seems to me very difficult to land this plane with gear up and remains in that position and armed....

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