135 TIL: The first female US carrier fighter pilot crashed and died 4 months after being certified. Many men were more qualified. Instructors complained incompetent women were “not allowed to fail” (en.m.wikipedia.org) posted 3 years ago by SophiesBoyfriend 3 years ago by SophiesBoyfriend +136 / -1 84 comments share 84 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Waste of a good plane
Few years later they shredded them all into very small pieces.
RIP: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y45rzmDaABI
They destroyed them? I thought most retired things went into storage. Isn't there a famous airplane "graveyard" in the Nevada desert?
Destroyed them so Iran couldn’t get spare parts.
Get a load of this fucking logic.
Also https://hushkit.net/2020/02/27/flying-fighting-in-the-f-14-tomcat-interview-with-an-iranian-fighter-ace/
They destroyed them completely.
those airplane graveyards are specifically for a treaty iirc