[drzaiusapelord]

Sounds like that they were aware of 'Soft Bomb' technology and were worried that an accidental soft bomb could go off via the F-16's fiber/composite materials burning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-114/B_%22Soft-Bomb%22

Interesting, that a plane from 1988 had warnings and concerns for a bomb that wouldn't be used until 1999. I wonder when the US first had one ready to go. What year was your experience?

[chiph]

1983-85 at Hahn. We were the first base in USAFE to get the F-16 (A & B models).

Now it's a civilian airport where RyanAir tricks people into thinking they're flying into Frankfurt -- an additional 90-minute bus ride away (there's a reason why the airfare is so cheap!)