Zwei hochrangige US-Militärbeamte erklärten nun, die Ursache für den Absturz der F-16 sei wahrscheinlich kein Eigenbeschuss gewesen.

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1. Full article [here](https://archive.ph/KNauc)

2. Yanking and banking hard at night attacking low flying cruise missiles. My money is he flew into the ground (CFIT Controlled Flight Into Terrain – common enough to have its own acronym)

3. Someone could use a crash course in avoiding crashes.

4. > But they emphasized that Western air defense systems and F-16 fighter jets have never worked together in conditions as complex as the circumstances in Ukraine

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   > “Many things could have led to the loss of the F-16, including the technical condition of the plane, pilot error, external factors,”

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   > For instance, he said, it was possible that fragments of a destroyed missile could have hit a vital part of the plane. “At this moment of the investigation, all versions are being considered, including friendly fire,” he said.

   Seems like they haven’t made a determination one way or the other; the “reversal” seems to indicate that they aren’t certain. The word “reversal” seems slightly misleading, it feels like they were saying it was ruled out entirely.

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   Also: plugging OP’s citation of the paywall-free version of the article [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1f5vjro/in_a_reversal_two_senior_us_military_officials/lkvo85g/) incase their comment gets buried.

5. It’s a war guys. Military equipment is going to get lost. This won’t be the last F-16 that goes down. The key is not to hold on to every piece of equipment, but to be able to replace them as faster than they can be lost.

6. Time will tell. Sadly, more will likely be lost.

   Slava Ukraini

7. I’m sorry but putting a sought after F-16 system to shoot down and “dog fight” cruise missiles is absolutely stupid.

8. do note that this is speculation.