To: SeekAndFind
My first thought is “thank God the pilot is okay”, and my second thought is that he just wrecked a 100 million dollar piece of military equipment...Wonder how he’s feeling about his career just now.
4 posted on
04/21/2017 10:13:12 AM PDT by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
5 posted on
04/21/2017 10:18:10 AM PDT by
HotKat
(Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
My first thought is “thank God the pilot is okay”, and my second thought is that he just wrecked a 100 million dollar piece of military equipment...Wonder how he’s feeling about his career just now.
It shouldn’t affect his career at all.
Why do you assume it was his fault?
7 posted on
04/21/2017 10:22:16 AM PDT by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
The Stars and Stripes did a front page article last year on the F-18s and their lack of airworthiness because they are well past their service life, and maintenance cannot keep up with the punishment they have endured for more than two decades.
As long as it isn't pilot error, he's good.
9 posted on
04/21/2017 10:31:38 AM PDT by
Salvavida
(The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Global Aircraft lists the F/A-18 at $29M per. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet rings in at $57M a copy.
20 posted on
04/21/2017 12:09:56 PM PDT by
skimbell
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