Davis-Monthan AFB: F-16 crashes in Douglas (Arizona)

KPHO ^ | 6-25-2015 | Catherine Holland

[tcrlaf]

n F-16 from the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard has crashed near Douglas close to Arizona's border with New Mexico, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has confirmed.

[mabarker1]

“This is not Terrorism”

Trust Your .gov;)

NOT!!!!!!!!

Good call, something I hadn’t considered.

[Brown Deer]

An Iraqi pilot who has been training in the United States for the past four years was the only person on board the plane.

[umgud]

I’m not happy any muslims are here training in our expensive aircraft, tho I don’t rejoice at his death.

[mabarker1]

FYI from the F-16 Board I linked upthread

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35_aoa

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26 Jun 2015, 06:01

Technically speaking, all US air traffic is restricted by FARs to below 250 knots below 10k feet. Military fighters are generally exempt, either by LOA, pilot ignorance, controller lack of interest or a combination of all 3. Not sure how this would be a factor here, but likely not even a true statement for an F-16.

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Patriot

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26 Jun 2015, 11:18

Brigadier General Rafid Mohammed Sidq [*]. Blue sky...

Rumor says that things got bad while aerial refueling procedure.
(Assuming: A canopy collision with the boom end/wings that could somehow hurt the pilot making him unable to react/eject?)

Great Balls Of Fire

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26 Jun 2015, 13:35

The victim pilot name is: Rasid Mohammed Sidq, Batch graduate 52 Iraqi Air Force. He qualified to Sukhoi-22 in that time.
He was good friend and very courteous person, so sad losing him...

His picture in graduation stage.

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26 Jun 2015, 18:51

Patriot wrote:Brigadier General Rafid Mohammed Sidq [*]. Blue sky...

Rumor says that things got bad while aerial refueling procedure.
(Assuming: A canopy collision with the boom end/wings that could somehow hurt the pilot making him unable to react/eject?)

RIP General. The F-16 is a great jet but can surprise even the best fighter pilots.

Edit: Not trying to start rumors here.

Last edited by neurotech on 26 Jun 2015, 19:42, edited 1 time in total.

[mabarker1]

FYI PING

[Chode]

another one???

[SgtBob]

Practicing for a suicide mission.....oh, wait...hmmm...

[Chode]

LOLOLOL!!!! just damn...

[Hulka]

“Technically speaking, all US air traffic is restricted by FARs to below 250 knots below 10k fee”

Not entirely true.

A-10 is 250 below 10K. F-16, F-15A/B/C/E, F-18, etc. . .300kts below 10K. (Flight dynamics of high performance jets require a higher airspeed and operate at that speed. . .heck the SR-71 had is pattern speed around 350kts.

Point of order: Mil jets can operate outside FAA regs as long as the mil regs say so, and the military issues aeronautical ratings to the aircrew/pilots, the FAA does not (can take a written exam and be handed an FAA ticket if you want to do that), and the military certifies its own aircraft/jets as airworthy (the FAA does not issue them for mil aircraft).

[archy]

The crash was confirmed by Davis-Montham AFB, but the National Guard F-16 actually operated out of Tucson International Airport (KTUS) 5 miles SW of the Air Force Base.

That'd be the 162nd Fighter Wing, to which my fiancée was supposed to transfer before she opted to get out of the USAF and get her MBA instead. Not surprising they'd have the occasional crash, since theirs is the largest operational F16 Wing in the Guard, possibly the USAF, with around 175 aircraft operating in three squadrons. And yep, the 162FW PAO website offers the following:

Iraqi student pilot confirmed dead after F-16 crash

Posted 6/26/2015 Updated 6/26/2015 Email story Print story

Release Number: 020615

6/26/2015 - TUCSON, Ariz -- A pilot was killed when an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crashed June 24, five miles west of Douglas Municipal Airport.

Brig. Gen. Rasid Mohammed Sadiq Hasan, an Iraqi student pilot attached to the 162nd Wing in Tucson, was conducting a night training mission when the plane went down at approximately 8 p.m.

"Our hearts are with the general's family, friends and countrymen," said Col. Phil Purcell, commander of the 162nd Wing. "His efforts in the defense of his nation should be commended."

Purcell expressed the importance of the international training mission at the Wing.

"The 162nd Wing, the state of Arizona and the Air National Guard remain committed to our partnership with Iraq," said Purcell. "Our coalition partners are vital to our Wing, and we have lost one of our own."

The F-16 the general was flying belonged to the Iraqi air force. The U.S. Air Force is training Iraqi pilots in F16 fighters at the request of the Iraqi Government. They will be the first Iraqi pilots to use Iraq's F16s in the fight against ISIL.

The Air Force has established an interim safety board to investigate the incident.

*source*