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Posted on 06/13/2008 6:10:17 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
FALLON, Nev. — A pilot was missing after two U.S. Navy jets flying a routine training mission collided Friday over northern Nevada's high desert about 50 miles east of the Fallon Naval Air Station. Two pilots safely ejected from an F-5 Tiger and were rescued, but the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet was missing, said Zip Upham, public affairs officer for the base. The two aircraft collided about noon Friday near the town of Middlegate, some 110 miles east of Reno, Upham said. The cause of the crash was under investigation, he said. The pilots in the two-seater F-5 Tiger ejected and were picked up by a helicopter crew from the Fallon Naval Air Station. The helicopter arrived on the crash scene at 12:25 p.m. Those pilots were being transported back to the air base, Upham said. "The location and status of the F/A pilot remains unknown," he said in a statement. No other information was immediately available. Naval Air Station, Fallon, about 60 miles east of Reno, is home to the Navy's elite Strike and Air Warfare Center. The center was formed in 1996 with the consolidation of the Navy fighter Weapons School known as "Top Gun" and the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School, or "Top Dome."
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Prayers up for this brave F-18 driver. I hope they can find him and that he’s okay.
Ping.
/johnny
Prayers for this Warrior missing east of Reno...
Prayers up...
Praying this Naval Aviator is okay.
Prayers up that he’s sitting someplace in the desert just with a bad radio.
I’m taking as hopeful that he’s still missing... Presuming of course that by now they would have found and surveyed the crash site and he wasn’t in it.
Indeed, prayers up for our finest.
Matthew 18:20
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My computer went TU a couple of days ago. I have a new one but have not got everything back in order yet.
Sure hope the Hornet pilot is OK
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
AS luck would have it I had saved all of the plane pics and the music files to a recently acquired external HD. I was just getting started on moving some of the other files to the external when the ‘puter kicked off.
Tha’s a cool pic of the Willie Victor. I don’t believe
I have a pic of the WV with the “canoe” radars on it.
What were they for, if I might ask?
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
I would imagine that the WV would have wee bit of trouble turning into Mr SAM.
Have a great weekend
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Prayers for the pilot’s safety.
Lord, guard and guide...
...for those in peril in the air.
Amen!
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Please know that I am praying for this pilot. May God provide protection and comfort as needed.
Blessings,
trussell
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