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You might want to check your sources. The Ukrainian story he was in flight is a cover. He was in a hangar on the ground. The Aug 26th Russian ground strike destroyed two (2) F-16’s and both pilots.

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where is the evidence?

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Aug 30·edited Aug 30

Source? You know that means the the F-16s were both lined up to take off, right. That's pretty precise timing for a massive attack. Also it would involve significant, easily observed damage to the airport itself. I wonder if the source you quote included pictures of the destroyed aircraft and associated damage to the runway. Of all the scenarios yours is the easiest to verify and very difficult to deny. And yet..............

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There are videos on the strike on X. It clearly looks like an F16 that was struck by a missile. Furthermore there was a car right next to the plane, which could have been the pilot.

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Or it could have the mechanic's car who was working on an out of service F-16 at a different airfield entirely. At any rate, what you are describing is a lot different from clear evidence from a reliable source showing two F-16s were struck with the pilots already in the plane.

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I also saw another source making this claim.

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I don't credit either "story" --I base the article on the official version plus an interpretation (which as I note is speculative)

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Simplicius theorized that in the midst of the Russian large-scale missile barrage that the planes were being scrambled but this hanger was hit by a hypersonic which they couldn’t have known was inbound. Sounds plausible.

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Aug 30·edited Aug 30

Even more plausible is that an inexperienced (on F-16s chasing drones in an combat zone with the sky full of drones and missiles of all types attacking all kinds of targets) pilot died at some point during the loss of the plane.

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