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    Warthog accident in Estonia

    An A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, involved in training operations off Estonia's Jagala-Karavete highway on Thursday made contact with an object on the pre-coordinated training area at roughly 3:15 p.m, as a result of which the highway will remain closed until Friday morning.

    The accident happened in the final stage of the exercise when one aircraft hit a highway barrier. No individuals on the ground nor the pilot were injured.

    The incident is currently under investigation.
    Damaged airbrake on the right wings shown in a movie covering the mishap.






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    Last edited by Stuka; 15Aug17 at 21:25.

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    Whoops!

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    Mind providing a link to the video? Embeds don't work on android (stock browser) anymore

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noodle View Post
    Mind providing a link to the video? Embeds don't work on android (stock browser) anymore
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfS_xFYDg2c

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    He got the sign AND the barriers marking the "threshold". Somebody's getting a new callsign at the next roll call...

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    Unless there was a displaced threshold, seems to me he nailed it on brick one...10/10. We may or may not have done something similar a couple times deployed...
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