McCain, when a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy was a Navy pilot (they call themselves aviators). July 29, 1967 while on the deck and in his plane on the carrier U.S.S. Forrestal he managed to screw up procedures (officially denied and covered up by him and the Navy and also even promoted on Wikipedia if you care to look–reason to follow). He did a smart ass punk attention getting trick by doing a “wet start” up of his jet.
When a pilot wants to be a wise ass or show off, this type of engine start creates a large startling flame and lots of surprise noise from the rear of a jet engine on start up–this was no accident. This and the large subsequent electrical surge and apparent (incorrect and against policy) weapon arming (by the pilot) caused the launching of a powerful Zuni rocket across the carrier’s deck hitting other parked planes (photo below) that were packing 1,000 high-explosive pound bombs. The subsequent massive explosions, fire and destruction went several decks below and nearly sunk this major 82,000 ton U.S. aircraft carrier.
This stunt and aftermath caused the death of 134 sailors and seriously injure (blow off arms legs, cause blindness and burns to another 161 sailors) and took the ship off the battle line for extensive repairs. Any other Navy pilot causing this type of death and destruction the Navy would have raped him and he would probably still be in the brig. Why not McCain? Well, first with many powerful connections this “little infraction” was covered up by the Navy (our most politically involved/connected service by the way).
You see his grandfather was a famous FOUR STAR Navy admiral and his dad was at the time of the incident was a powerful Navy FOUR STAR admiral and McCain graduated from the Navy Academy. So the old boy Navy tradition cover his ass network went into high gear immediately; and make no mistake, it does exist and it did for him.
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This story is full of bullshit written by morons who don’t understand how aircraft work. They also place him on the WRONG side of the ship! His aircraft was one of two that bore the brunt of the inadvertent missile launch.
Barely a scratch on him. You make no sense.
At > 925 comments and counting, and with an origination date in 2018,
this seems to be the thread that will never die. Amazing.
McCain was a petty, bitter warmonger Senator who abused his power.
And his daughter Meagan has the balls to talk smack about Trump.
There are no pictures of DJT over in the ME, consulting with ragheads for yet even more military industrial complex meddling of perceived enemies. John?
No, he fucking didn’t. The A-4 Skyhawk in next to his, as well as his own, were struck by a Zuni unguided rocket that fired off from a F-4B Phantom across the deck that was being switched from external to internal power, due to the ground ordinance crew failing to install a safety shunt pin correctly.
This is absolute bullshit and a goddamned disgrace that people are spreading complete lies like this. The entire Forrestal incident is heavily documented–with video footage of the rocket striking White and McCain’s Skyhawks–and had a major impact on US Navy firefighting doctrine as well as carrier flight deck operations procedures.
134 men died in that disaster, including 3 men who willingly burned alive in the port steerage compartment in order to keep the carrier steering into the wind so that the burning fire wouldn’t blow back across the deck.
Go fuck yourselves. You pogues are goddamned disgrace.
You should be ashamed of yourself. That story of the Forestal has been debunked already over and over. It’s a shame that people are to riddled with hate and political bias to simply to a bit of research before publishing false stories ..
Hahahaha ooooo now there’s some investigating lol fact check!
Who doesn’t know thats a left wing nutjob website
Even if this story wouldn’t be 100% correct, what a heck made that singbird a hero to anyone? LOL
In funeral, there was all top pedophiles from PIZZAGATE, and for me there can be only one reason for that. mccain was part of it. I would not be surprised at all. #MAGA
You are B@tsh1t crazy… Seek help before you harm people.
One of my friends in the early 70’s after I got out of the service was a Navy carrier aviator…. a man who was on the Forestall during fires. And from the horses mouth, yes it was John Mc-Shit-Stain who caused it all to happen by ‘wet-starting’ his plane into the plane behind with the zuni rockets slung under its wings. Yes, he was the cause of the massive fire and explosions. Yes they hauled Mc-Shit-Stain off the Forestall immediately after the incident (within hours BTW) where he was flown in Hawaii (I believe) to be met with his Admiral Father and a JAG officer.
Months later when he was shot down in Hanoi, he traded military secrets to the NVA in exchange for medical treatment. The only torture he received was from a pair of Vietnamese hookers doing a BDSM thing upon him in a Hanoi hotel for several years. He was not in Ahn Loch prison until the very last two years (in very good conditions BTW).
While in the hands of the hookers Mc-Shit-Stain made many propaganda broadcasts for the enemy.
Here’s one of tham that the CIA managed to capture and record….
While in Hanoi he was debriefed by the KBG and NVA. The KGB officer’s son was also in Hanoi studying the Vietnamese language–and one of his jobs was to translate the Vietnamese transcripts of Mc-Shit-Stain’s interrogation into Russian for the KGB. This man later came to the USA (two decades after the war) and was asked to testify before a congressional hearing–and when he started into the story about Mc-Shit-Stain the hearing was adjourned and he was never called back.
Mc-Shit-Stain was never tortured by the NVA. Never.
Admiral Stockdale was in fact tortured, repeatedly and suffered greatly.
Stockdale suffered permanent disfiguring physical damage, yet gave the gooks nothing.
Nothing!
Mc-Shit-Stain gave the gooks vital military secrets.
i heard john mccain was one of the worst naval aviatores in us naval history
This is a long-debunked hoax.
Debunked? Wow, you said that twice. Must be true then.
RINO McCain delivered the Phony Dossier to FBI – but they already had it…then his guy delivered it to BUZZFEED and then the next day, CNN started the Russia Russia Russia BS…thus Fake News was born!
This whole story is a total lie. Easy proof. Just look at the video. McCain’s A-4 was on the port side with its tail over the side, pointing out to sea. There was nothing behind him. The rocket that was fired came from an F-4 parked farther aft and on the starboard side.
You can clearly see on the video that the rocket flew toward McCain’s jet. The explosions started right next to him. He exited his jet and left, as required, while the Crash and Salvage crew (firefighters) went to work.
The next day, while Forrestal was taken off the line for repairs, McCain volunteered to stay on flight duty in the combat zone by transferring to Oriskany, which had a shortage of pilots due to combat losses.
The true cause of the destruction is well documented and shows a long chain of poor decisions in the munitions community.
ROTFLMAO… McCain is alive and well living in the minds of those who think denigrating the man after his death is going to make a difference. PWNDED.
No, he’s dead and I’m glad he can no longer harm this country.
Semper Fido.
Good boy.
Most people in Arizona hate his guts. Bigest problem is the native people often dont have the way or means to vote. The two largest towns get to speak for all. He was an asshole who turned his back on his fellow soldiers, turned hos back on his constituents and rurned his back on America. Looser. All the way.
Let’s get this sucker to 1,000.
This is the thread that just keeps giving. Every time that guys name comes up in the news, people find it. It may be more popular than his wikipedia entry.
Posting shit here about McStain nevah gets old…
https://153news.net/watch_video.php?v=3Y98UO24YA12
what the hell brought you back over here?
6 months ago admin ordered the crew of the uss quinn to get this here thread up to 1,000 comments,go 4 it boys–
question–who is the new war hero/politician mccain?
tulsi?someone else?there can never be another mccain?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfByrDHC-y4
McCain did not start the Forrestal fire.
I still occasionally curse that bastard, and now his surviving fat assed loser daughter, and his fcking widow. xxoo
To think that I was so desperate in the 2008 Wicked House election, that I voted for him. I’m cured now, but thinking back… Please pray for my salvation.
An electrical power surge in Phantom No. 110 occurred during the switch from external to internal power. This caused a Zuni rocket to launch which struck A-4 No. 405, piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Fred D. White, on the port side of the aft deck parked alongside McCains A-4.
Why would you publish untruth like this?
Total BULL SH!T. McCain had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
Billy J Shafer USS Saratoga CVA 60 1968-1972
If your story were correct, then it could be verified by witnesses aboard the USS Forestall. Yet there is not one sailor who has ever testified that McCain was responsible. Not one. Not everything is a cover-up, despite what the toothless Flat-Earther’s say.