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GodRektsNoobs

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Malaysian F/A-18D Hornet crashed right after takeoff. The two pilots had ejected and are safe. Another two lives saved by Martin-Baker.
On first glance, the jet appears to have suffered from foreign object debris (FOD) ingestion by its engine. Still, these jets were procured in the 90s, and RMAF maintenance is not known to be great. There are only 8 airframes in inventory, not counting the 38 secondhand airframes on order from Kuwait. So this crash reduces the RMAF's F/A-18D Hornet fleet to 7. The RMAF's small fleet of combat aircrafts had just gotten even smaller.
Malaysia still operate their F/A-18s? I thought they replaced them with Su-30MKMs. Being a Malaysian Air Force mechanic must be exhausting.
 
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