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[-] ClipperDefiance@piefed.social 17 points 2 weeks ago

The second one was a F-14 Tomcat in 1973, if I remember correctly. Basically they were testing the missile system and it didn't launch correctly. Upon being deployed the missile came back up and hit the plane.

One of the pilots actually wrote an article about the incident for a magazine.

[-] ramasses@social.ozymandias.club 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you kind sir

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