Belgian Air Force Needs A Few Replacement F-16's

[timbo]

Serious question, I understand the safety aspect of why they would dump unused bombs before making a carrier landing, but why blow off the ammo from the guns too ??? Is it to reduce landing weight ???

I was told that if a plane still carrying live ammo crashed on deck and a fire ensued that the unspent ammo could cook off possibly causing injury to those on the flight deck. Not sure about the weight thing. Each round weighs a little less than a pound but if you have 1000 rounds on board, that's a thousand pounds, more or less.

 

[tuna]

The weight on wheels doesn't always work. We had a similar incident in the 90s with A-10s in Tuscon. Sortie was over, pilot was gone, work was being done and BANG! Just one round, and it hit a berm. Luckily, no one and nothing was damaged - there's a significant difference between 20mm and 30mm rounds.

 

[Bonesinium]

There’s also the possibility it wasn’t an accident.

 

[Evadd]

Maybe we can sell them some lightly used F-22s?

 

[DarthRevan]

Maybe we can sell them some lightly used F-22s?

Maybe some "totally not flood damaged" ones that were no where near Florida.

 

[AHM]

The A7 Corsair and F4 Phantom used them and it was cool when those planes were on downwind getting ready to land on the carrier, they would dump what armaments they still had on board. They would let the Vulcan rip and it sounded just like the plane was burping.

^This.

Mandatory NES F-14 Vulcan Anecdote