(Bart, a) Technician Accidentally Destroys F-16 Fighter In Belgium
 

Hey Bart, what did you say you did for a second job? Something about mechanics at an Air Force Base there in Belgium? . . . .

NEWS @BelgiumDefence - Le 11 octobre 2018 vers 14 h10, un incendie s’est déclaré au cours de travaux de maintenance sur un F-16 sur la Base de Florennes. L'avion a brûlé. Un deuxième avion a subi des dommages collatéraux.
9:36 AM - Oct 11, 2018 · Florennes, Belgique


When it was over, an F-16 lay burnt to a crisp on a tarmac in Belgium.

The pictures tell the story: Mechanics at an Air Force base in Florenne were working on a nearby F-16 last Thursday and accidentally triggered that jet's cannon, which fired at the other plane.

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Those rounds struck the recently fueled F-16, which exploded into a fireball. A source told the Belgian broadcaster VRT that one of the mechanics had accidentally fired rounds from the jet's 20-millimeter multi-barrel cannon.

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Oops! Back to E2 and 6 months mess hall duty.

How strange, it didn't even make it to the newspapers here. :scratch2: