All B-1 Bomber Crew Dogs Rescued, Safe Aboard USS Russell (Navy Ship)

CNN

[MindBender26]

Yes!

[MississippiMan]

WONDERFUL NEWS! Praise the Lord!

MM

[homeschool mama]

FANTASTIC NEWS!

[MindBender26]

All are feet dry. Ok, etc. Ship was in area. No indication of any injuries, all reported well, safe.

[DeckTheHallsHolly]

THANK GOD!

[clintonh8r]

GREAT!

[cajungirl]

What wonderful news!!

[ChadGore]

YES !

[blam]

Hoo-yah!

[Centurion2000]

Thank God

[NC_Libertarian]

Good news. I hope they learned to be more carefull next time! ;)

[2Jedismom]

We pray every night for the safety of our troops! Thanks, Lord!

[Lazamataz]

What about the crew cats?

[The Thin Man]

Great News!!!!!

[BlueAngel]

Thank You, Divine Mercy.

[johniegrad]

Any ideas about how much water they went down in?

[Jay W]

Tears of happiness well in my eyes to read that ALL of the bomber crew were rescued!

Pray for the safety and well-being of all our people in the Armed Forces.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Navy is always the first ones called to pull you zoomies out of the drink.

[Mark17]

All are feet dry. Ok, etc. Ship was in area. No indication of any injuries, all reported well, safe.

I certainly hope everyone is safe and sound, but where is the news coming from? The news, on KSFO, San Francisco, is still not saying anything about their safety.

[MindBender26]

It's about 0200 local over there. Expect mess stewards have cooked a few late night steaks, and the ship's doctor or corpsman has prescribed some "medicinal alcohol" for the four zoomies.

[PISANO]

Go AIR FORCE!........Yea NAVY!! Thank the LORD!

[wideawake]

Sweet!

[ChadGore]

Re: What about the crew cats?

The crew of cats is currently touring. The last I heard, they're playing a 2 shows a night in Hobo Indiana. < lol >

[Huck]

Yippee!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Thank you ACES II

[ZOOKER]

Great news!

Now it's time to ask how/why they went all the way to Afghanistan and back, and had to ditch only 30 miles from the field.

Gotta watch that gas guage just a leetle bit closer?

[Freemyland]

FANTASTIC!

[MindBender26]

Any ideas about how much water they went down in?

After 6.5 feet, it's all academic.

Seriously, Indian Ocean, expect very deep.

[Freemyland]

Me too.

[johniegrad]

Now that they are reported safe, I was wondering about salvage prospects.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Primary Mission of the USS RUSSELL

The primary mission of USS RUSSELL (DDG 59) is to destroy enemy aircraft, missiles, submarines, surface ships, and land targets in order to prevent the employment of such forces against U.S. forces. RUSSELL will normally be assigned to a carrier battle group. She will bring significant capabilities to the battle force, carrying the latest technology in all areas of modern warfare.

The ship's combat system, better known as the "AEGIS" Combat system, is the backbone of our war fighting capability. It takes a total team effort, from every corner of the ship to fully employ our systems in combat.

The RUSSELL has been designed to defeat simultaneous attacks involving large numbers of enemy surface ships, submarines, aircraft, and missiles. Our mission is to fight, survive, win, and fight again!

[kassie]

FOX news is saying this.

[Mixer]

THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED WHITE AND BLUE!!!!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

YAHOO!!!

[Tribune7]

Great News. Thank you God.

[Tribune7]

Why bother? I thought we were getting rid of B-1s.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Mark17]

Thank you, as is CNN. Good work, and thank goodness the Navy was close by.

[Polybius]

Yahoo News still does not have the rescue story posted.

If you want Breaking News, Free Republic is there "Firtest with The Mostest" News. :-)

[finnman69]

USS RUSSEL DDG 59 Arleigh Burke Class

[Bush_Democrat]

No, on the other thread, that was started when the plane was first reported down, several people explained that heavy bombers almost routinely take off with the fuel tanks less than full, and then top the tanks off as soon as the reach cruise altitude. This allows them to have a full load of ordinance (bombs) to play with.

[NC Conservative]

This is bad news for MURRY MOM. The military is safe.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"Any ideas about how much water they went down in?

All of it.

Glad they're OK!

[Squantos]

Lot's of navy below that air bridge of bombers and tankers for just this purpose. If I'm not mistaken subs are also part of this "picketline" of sea lane rescuers albeit a secondary duty for most of em .

I believe this was what most of the allies are performing..... such as japans navy etc etc.

Stay Safe !

[The KG9 Kid]

Yay! Go Navy!

[SERE_DOC]

"What about the crew cats?"

It was a long flight, and with the "food chain" issues well "Bon apetit'"

[ChaseR]

Ditto your YAHOO!!

[PA Engineer]

Great

[AmishDude]

Another ping. AOK.

[ZOOKER]

I really wasn't serious about the "gas guage" gag.

I don't know for sure whether the bomber went down after a long mission or right after takeoff. So a crack about "all the way to Afghanistan and back" could be inaccurate. Also, there could be any number of reasons why it went down other than running out of fuel. It was a weak attempt at humor by me...