Sunday, September 28, 2008

Some times it feels like a Monday.

Imagine this is you.

You are an F-16 pilot, you are driving to your base when suddenly another car tried to force you off of the road. What do you do?

For 2 unfortunate Bedouins they tried to car jack the wrong man.
Around 8:30 am, while the pilot was traveling to the Nevatim army base near the town of Arad, two cars driven by two Bedouins approached the pilot's car. One Bedouin drove passed the pilot at high speed and then stopped abruptly. Later, the two Bedouins attempted to force the pilot's car to the side of the road. During this entire incident, the pilot was signaling to the other drivers that they were behaving dangerously and that he would not take part in this game.

At one point the Bedouins managed to forced the pilot to stop the car at the side of the road. They subsequently approached his car with bats.

When the pilot got out of his car, one of the Bedouins attempted to slap him. Unfortunately for the attackers, it turned out that the pilot is not only proficient in flying aircraft, but also in hand-to-hand combat. After a short struggle, both Bedouins were on the ground, moaning in pain.

As the pilot arrived at the Nevatim army base, he reported the incident to his commanding officer, who informed police. When police officers arrived at the scene, both Bedouins were not there, supposedly carried off by their friends. According to information acquired by police, the two were badly beaten up.
Oh well. Maybe next time they will be luckier and only have an armed Army officer to deal with.

4 comments:

Hannah said...

That's great! My brother is in the Air Force; I hope he won't have to go over there, but this story is very encouraging.

Roy Lofquist said...

An actual case in Stamford, CT in about 1990. Two toughs chased down a guy in a Volkswagen Beetle and assaulted him with a knife and a baseball bat. Turns out he ran a karate school. The trial was delayed for several months until the two got out of the hospital. The judge found them guilty but turned them loose, giving them credit for time served in the jail ward of said hospital. Figured they'd learned a lesson.

MathewK said...

He should have taken those bats to them, make sure he's the last one they try that crap on.

Anonymous said...

Most predators attack easier victims. Perhaps this was nature's way of weeding out weak predators.