TTP propaganda shows drop tanks, claims to have shot down F-16.

[Bratva]

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Could be from Afghanistan.

hard to believe, that F-16 crashed near a base, so americans must have recovered the debris

 

[gambit]

Stuff such is this is available in Afghanistan, which is then smuggled into Pakistan as scrap. By looking at the condition, it does not appear that the drop tank was actually dropped during the flight for it would have lost its shape upon hitting the ground.

Not always.

Simplified fuel management works this way...

- Main internal fuselage tank feeds engine.
- Internal wing tanks feeds main internal tank.
- External wing tanks feeds internal wing tanks.
- External centerline feeds internal main tank.

Refueling is the reverse with fuel going into the main internal and it feeds outwards.

Here is a simplified schematic applicable to all fuel system...

The scheme is called 'cascading' or 'cascade' fuel management system.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH STRUCTURAL LOAD REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT WITH ADDITIONAL FUEL TANKAGE - Patent application

An aircraft fuel tank system comprising: a series of multiple fuel tanks; and intercommunication conduit assemblies fluid-connecting pairs of adjacent fuel tanks in the series to establish a cascade mode of fuel flow serially from one tank to another tank in the series of multiple fuel tanks.

What this mean is that by the time the F-16 got to altitude and have been cruising for a while, the external wing/centerline tanks are pretty much empty, and if he has been maneuvering a lot, like in combat, then most likely the internal wings are empty as well.

So if an external tank, wing or centerline, is jettisoned from the aircraft, for whatever reason, it being empty mean it will retain MOST of its shape after impact on the ground. If it has %50 or greater fuel, then most likely the fuel mass will deform the tank on impact.

The Taliban story is bogus to me. It is an external fuel tank. Not a cargo tank because of that green colored partition with a couple of holes for fuel transfer or slosh baffles. But it is an external fuel tank. Its excellent shape mean either it was jettisoned from low altitude and slow speed, or that the tank was somehow taken from storage. Am betting the latter.

They maybe are using debris of a US F-16 for propaganda purposes.

i only see drop tanks.

You are correct.

 

[fatman17]

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[Rain]

Only one thing in TTP claim is true. They are still talking! We need alot to silence them.

 

[fatman17]

time to close this rubbish thread.

 

[gambit]

Here is a relevant news story...

F-16 Jettisons Fuel Tanks Over Grady County - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com |

Lieutenant Colonel Robin Cavanaugh, the public affairs officer for the 138th Fighter Wing, said the pilot followed a checklist for an in-flight engine problem, which called for him to find an unpopulated area and jettison the fuel tanks. They were empty, but dropping them greatly reduced aerodynamic drag on the aircraft making it easier for the pilot to make a safe landing.

This is what one of the two jettisoned tanks looked like...

Note how the empty tank largely retained its shape.

 

[Broccoli]

I don't know if they shot something down but it certainly looks like something has happened. To me it looks like that bomb and pylon were torn off from the wing.

 

[Jungibaaz]

Perhaps a suicide bomber with a veeeery long ladder.

 

[rockstar08]

f-16 is not easy to shoot , it has a potent self protecting system ... those idiots proves on several occasion that they are living in dark ages

 

[Imran Khan]

something went wrong here but PAF will never told us as saab-2000 . f-16 not shot down but why drop tanks and now bomb are on ground with their hard points attached to them ?

 

[Kompromat]

 

[Razia Sultana]

if its a TTP propaganda then the denial could also be a counter propaganda.

 

[Windjammer]

if its a TTP propaganda then the denial could also be a counter propaganda.

Aircraft wreckage would be their biggest scoop which is evidently missing here.
For all we know, all this material could have been photographed in Afghanistan.

 

[foxbat]

Or they could have claimed that they they "shot down a JF-17", at least then the Indians and Pakistani Army-bashers would have had a field day with the claims and drowned out any rational discussion on the subject and made TTP propaganda "real" merely through the sheer volume of screaming and Pakistan-China bashing.

This would imply that Indian and Pakistan army bashers consider JF 17 as a better plane than F 16. I dont think that's true. Neither do i think the news is.

 

[JonAsad]

Lets say the jet was hit by AA- and it damaged the wing- so the fuel tank and bomb fell off-
what f16 which f16?-