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Hope the pilot is ok.
No he is not, very graphic pics of his dead body are already out. He should have thought twice before coming to another country hundreds of kilometers always to bomb poor people.
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Hope the pilot is ok.
No he is not, very graphic pics of his dead body are already out. He should have thought twice before coming to another country hundreds of kilometers always to bomb poor people.
Probably Ack-Ack if hauties are assumed to be involved....Or maybe it would be Saleh's army, not Hauties behind it.You should think twice before you write stupid text about bombing...
The question is with what did the houthies shot down the fighter?
I'd rather rank Jordanians and UAE as the top air-jockeys in Arab world. Rest is pretty much below ranking.No way was it shot down with manpad, many people exaggerate mandpads effectiveness. Manpads will achieve nothing but alter flight path of enemy jets if fired in large numbers. Only effective area is against armed helicopters, they can impede Apache ability to strike inside enemy territory. This happened this summer in Gaza, the Israeli Apaches were firing from Israeli territory and had to retreat multiple times as they tried entering Gaza airspace. This accident was likely due to pilot error. Arab pilots need more flying hours and need to take part in exercises more often. Although Morocco is generally known to have well trained military in Arab world.
I'd rather rank Jordanians and UAE as the top air-jockeys in Arab world. Rest is pretty much below ranking.
Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have shot down a Moroccan fighter jet that was taking part in Saudi-led coalition air strikes against them.
Rebel-controlled Al-Masirah TV reported that the F-16 was hit as it flew over Saada province, and broadcast pictures of what it said was the wreckage.
The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces earlier said one of its planes was missing.
If confirmed, it would be the first aircraft lost by the coalition since its air campaign began on 26 March.
The bombardment has been stepped up in recent days ahead of the start of a proposed five-day humanitarian ceasefire.
Read more here:
Yemen conflict: Houthi rebels 'down Moroccan warplane' - BBC News
Morocco only has the BLK52 version of the F-16s, and they had dispatched an entire squadron to UAE to take part in the campaign. The rebels are claiming they shot it down. From the footage it does look like an F-16.
No he is not, very graphic pics of his dead body are already out. He should have thought twice before coming to another country hundreds of kilometers always to bomb poor people.
Jordanians were the one who gave toughest time to Israeli in dogfights. They were overwhelmed eventually but far potent opponents than Egyptians who often didn't even know what to do after diving for attack. It owed a lot to the training imparted by Royal Air Force that shaped Jordanians as worthy opponents of IAF.Jordan/UAE both have poor pilots. I will rank Egypt as the top, it just doesn't have as advanced equipment as UAE does. Arab armies were never known for their Air force potential though, usually strategy was SAMS/ground power. Saudi Arabia with the equipment has and experience its gaining will eventually have proper Air Force but will always be behind Turkey/Israel since they have much experience/NATO wargames. Turkey trains a lot to combat Greek Air Force so it will be better in dogfight.
Jordanians were the one who gave toughest time to Israeli in dogfights. They were overwhelmed eventually but far potent opponents than Egyptians who often didn't even know what to do after diving for attack. It owed a lot to the training imparted by Royal Air Force that shaped Jordanians as worthy opponents of IAF.
Jordan has continuously expanded the training programs with one of the most professional air forces around. UAE continues to employ US trainers for their pilots.
using an example from the 60s to prove that today's egyptain pilots aren't good is stupidJordanians were the one who gave toughest time to Israeli in dogfights. They were overwhelmed eventually but far potent opponents than Egyptians who often didn't even know what to do after diving for attack. It owed a lot to the training imparted by Royal Air Force that shaped Jordanians as worthy opponents of IAF.
Jordan has continuously expanded the training programs with one of the most professional air forces around. UAE continues to employ US trainers for their pilots.
If confirmed, it would be the first aircraft lost by the coalition since its air campaign began on 26 March.

If it was indeed brought down by the Houthis, it would be a MANPAD most likely. SA-7 or SA-14 would be my guess. Although it is odd that a F-16 would be flying that low, you don't need to go below 4000 meters to drop a LGB or JDAM.
Wreckage doesn't indicate any fire, it may have crashed due to technical issues or a pilot error.


Why nobody claim it went down becos the declining quality of US product?No way was it shot down with manpad, many people exaggerate mandpads effectiveness. Manpads will achieve nothing but alter flight path of enemy jets if fired in large numbers. Only effective area is against armed helicopters, they can impede Apache ability to strike inside enemy territory. This happened this summer in Gaza, the Israeli Apaches were firing from Israeli territory and had to retreat multiple times as they tried entering Gaza airspace. This accident was likely due to pilot error. Arab pilots need more flying hours and need to take part in exercises more often. Although Morocco is generally known to have well trained military in Arab world.

These R brand new blk 52 there must few remaining Sam betteries that not being hit but so far sorties to lost ratio is very good for Saudis they lost two aircraft in almost two months which is very normal in hostile situations.Why nobody claim it went down becos the declining quality of US product?![]()
He is ayyatullah smoking opium and thinking about his old empire trying to Pisram sultan bood.Bombs falling on hothis not on him so he is a fan boy .Stop talking like a terrorist,he's an enlisted man fighting for his country.He had orders and he followed them.We shouldn't mock soldiers on a defence forum.
May he Rest In Peace.
More on the way when u going there ?Sa'ada region is taking big hits and huge damage.
Sa'ada Targeted by over 200 Airstrikes in 2 Days
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