American fighter jets crashed in the Yellow Sea!
On December 11, according to the news released by Yonhap News Agency quoted by the global network, a US military F16 fighter jet stationed in South Korea that was participating in military exercises accidentally crashed in the waters of the Yellow Sea
Following the tragic tragedy in which the US military stationed in Japan dropped an "Osprey" helicopter transport plane, killing eight people, the US military stationed in South Korea also crashed the plane.
This is not the first time that the F-16 has crashed this year. On September 21, an F-16 crashed in Seosan City, South KoreaOn May 6, an F-16 crashed into farmland around the Osan base, causing a fire at the scene.
The latest crash of the American F-16 fighter plane occurred on the morning of December 11, when the plane was participating in military exercises, but suddenly had an accident and crashed in the Yellow Sea. According to the report, although the US pilot was found to have successfully parachuted, the follow-up search and rescue team has not yet announced that the personnel have been rescued. And the "coming" of this American F-16 fighter also has certain highlights. According to sources, the plane, after taking off from the "Gunsan Air Base", 178 kilometers south of Seoul, crashed into the sea.
The U.S. F-16 fighter squadron cruises over Gunsan Air Base (data map).
Located on the west coast of South Korea, Gunsan Air Base is the second largest air base of the US military in South Korea and the only base where the US military has deployed a squadron of attack drones on the peninsula. Because the U.S. military's 12 "Gray Eagle" MQ-1C (modified from the Predator MQ-1) UAV squadron is deployed here, the base is also regarded as the "spear" of the U.S. military stationed in South Korea.
There is no doubt that the fundamental cause of the crash of the US fighter lies in the United States itself.
The first is the design flaw and aging of the F-16 fighter.
As an old aircraft that first flew in 1978, the American F-16 fighter has been in service for 45 years for nearly half a century, and is designed as a third-generation light aircraft, using a single engine, compared with twin-engine medium and heavy fighters, the crash rate is indeed higher.
The aging and disrepair of different batches of F-16 fighters is also a major annoyance. Basically, all F-16 fighters have exceeded their service life, and even if they have been repaired and upgraded, the aging of the strength of the airframe is unavoidable, and the probability of failure will be greatly increased.
The second is that the United States has roped in its allies and carried out all kinds of military exercises and provocative activities too frequently.
At present, the US military is stepping up provocative actions in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the South China Sea, and the peninsula. The number of F-16 is the largest, and the practical cost is much lower than that of the third-generation twin-engine fighter F-15 and the fifth-generation aircraft, so the model participates in training, Xi and various flight missions, and the appearance rate is extremely high, and the corresponding can only be the various crashes that occur frequently in the US military training.
In addition, the US Air Force personnel have been exposed to problems such as shrinking and insufficient training time, maintenance, personnel quality, and insufficient training, which have jointly aggravated the frequent accidents of US military aircraft. It is worth noting that at the time of the crash of the US military plane, the PLA was also carrying out daily military training activities in the Yellow Sea.
According to the China Maritime Network, the Chinese Navy will conduct a live-fire Xi exercise in the northern Yellow Sea for five days from 10 o'clock on December 11.
Extrapolating from the time reported by South Korea, the time of the crash of the US F-16 fighter was between 10 and 12 o'clock on December 12, that is, less than 2 hours after the start of China's Yellow Sea Xi.
The crashed F-16 fighter took off from the "Gunsan Air Base," which is on the shore of the Yellow Sea, about 400 kilometers away from Weihai, Shandong, China, and the F-16 can fly to nearby waters. This means that this move by the United States and South Korea may not simply be oriented to the situation on the peninsula, but also eyeing China. ButWhatever the cause of the crash, it was purely the US military's own doing.
The US military has Xi drills with Japan and South Korea one after another, and the "Osprey" and F-16 fighters have also crashed one after another
The U.S. military does not stay honestly at its own doorstep, but it always goes to other people's doorsteps to show off its military might
All in all, it may be a coincidence that the PLA is conducting military exercises in the Yellow Sea region, and the American F-16 fighter jet happened to crash. However, we must not underestimate the intentions of the United States and the ROK, still less give the US military any opportunity to approach and spy on the activities of our militaryProject Sword