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Dumping fuel on US Air Force MQ 9 - camera footage: Russian Su 27 Black Sea intercept

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 3:47 pm

From: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/pentagon-shows-footage-of-aircraft-dumping-fuel-on-us-drone/

"Run Charlie!"....nm

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 4:43 pm, in reply to "Dumping fuel on US Air Force MQ 9 - camera footage: Russian Su 27 Black Sea intercept"

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

TD: MQ-9 Reaper drone, military tries to de-escalate. Neocons want to escalate

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 5:55 pm, in reply to "Dumping fuel on US Air Force MQ 9 - camera footage: Russian Su 27 Black Sea intercept"

Re: TD: MQ-9 Reaper drone, military tries to de-escalate. Neocons want to escalate

Posted by Mark Doran <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Mark+Doran+66' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 6:53 pm, in reply to "TD: MQ-9 Reaper drone, military tries to de-escalate. Neocons want to escalate"

Surely this was electronic warfare -- served with a side-dish of hydrocarbons as a NordStream '#### you, too'...?

Or does a jet-fuel cloud get sucked into the engine system and wreck it?

M.

Re: TD: MQ-9 Reaper drone, military tries to de-escalate. Neocons want to escalate

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 7:43 pm, in reply to "Re: TD: MQ-9 Reaper drone, military tries to de-escalate. Neocons want to escalate"

Someone at MoA suggested:

The Reaper has a lot of plastic parts including the propeller (composite of epoxy and carbon fiber). The heat from the release of fuel + after-burner melted the propeller.

Presumably this may be the reason why one of the propellers got bent. It seems plausible ..

Dronecam shows bent propeller blades

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 10:06 pm, in reply to "Re: TD: MQ-9 Reaper drone, military tries to de-escalate. Neocons want to escalate"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nLS5PivXOlI

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

From Simplicus: SITREP 3/16/23: Reaper Developments And Major Advances

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 16, 2023, 10:53 pm, in reply to "Dronecam shows bent propeller blades"

2 theories ..

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-31623-reaper-developments

Us on Russ pilots : "Unprofessional reckless dangerous' - Maverick off the top gun innitnn

Posted by focus <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=focus' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 17, 2023, 12:29 am, in reply to "Dumping fuel on US Air Force MQ 9 - camera footage: Russian Su 27 Black Sea intercept"

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