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5 killed after US military aircraft crashes into eastern Mediterranean Sea
ktla ^ | 11/12/2023

Posted on 11/12/2023 2:00:53 PM PST by BenLurkin

Five U.S. service members were killed Friday evening after their aircraft suffered a mishap and crashed into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Pentagon revealed Sunday.

The mishap took place “during a routine air refueling mission as part of military training,

U.S. European Command (EUCOM) said in a brief statement... that the aircraft crash “was purely related to training and there are no indications of hostile activity.”

The command gave no further details on the type of aircraft involved in the crash, the military service it belonged to, or the exact location or timing of the accident.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: mediterranean; refueling; restinpeace
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To: mware

“I don’t believe them.”

My very first thought, too.


41 posted on 11/12/2023 4:22:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: BenLurkin

Helicopter lost off Cyprus.


42 posted on 11/12/2023 4:37:14 PM PST by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Never fly in an aircraft where the wings are going faster than the fuselage.


43 posted on 11/12/2023 4:39:47 PM PST by FarCenter
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To: Da Coyote

I’ve been retired since 96. Thanks for the link to Starrs.us. I read some of the comments in the PDF document “What Military Service Members, Veterans and Parents Are Saying” I thought all this DIE and woke stuff was up at the O-6 level and above. It’s down to the company grade level and Senior NCOs level. Anybody with a brain left is leaving the military.


44 posted on 11/12/2023 4:44:03 PM PST by Bruce Kurtz
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To: BenLurkin

This deployment has the potential to turn into a repeat of Singapore 1942 for the GAE.


45 posted on 11/12/2023 4:50:15 PM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: Da Coyote

I worked with an AF Academy grad after he retired flying rotary wing aircraft. Saw him circa 2019 and he was heartbroken at what the AF Academy had become. He said they’ve lost their compass - he could not believe how things have changed in regards to weakened curriculum, the apparent laxity by Cadets of the honor code - and that was before the 2020 cheating incident.


46 posted on 11/12/2023 4:57:30 PM PST by Fury
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To: Grampa Dave

“It focuses on preventing our adversaries’ access to information and actions that may compromise an operation.”

I guess you forgot who’s running the show. There is no such thing a “OPSEC” with this administration, just incompetence.


47 posted on 11/12/2023 5:15:57 PM PST by chuckb87
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To: Grampa Dave
President Biden said in a statement that he and his wife are “praying for the families and friends who have lost a precious loved one.”

Will he be there to greet their caskets when they arrive home? He put them in harms way so easily.

48 posted on 11/12/2023 5:17:43 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like they need more DEI training (sad /s)


49 posted on 11/12/2023 5:21:35 PM PST by 11th_VA (<>< Good News: Barbarians at not at the gate; Bad News: They’re in the city)
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To: chuckb87

You are correct, and I am an old out of touch 85 year old former NavSecGrp sailor.


50 posted on 11/12/2023 5:41:10 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Flu vaccines, might work, if you've never had that flu! Otherwise, they don't do any good/nor work!!)
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To: BenLurkin

It was just a “training exercise.”


51 posted on 11/12/2023 5:50:59 PM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: FarCenter

Agree. And my son flies an MH-60....just back from Bahrain.......so glad he’s back......


52 posted on 11/12/2023 5:53:08 PM PST by Arlis
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To: AppyPappy

“”S-3 Viking?””

Black Hawk - US Special Forces - 160th Special Ops - Night Stalkers. I tried to write it all down as I was listening to FOX at 5...so may not have it totally accurate.

My understanding is was night practice refueling but I didn’t understand IN the sea - I thought it was over land..Pretty darned risky training at night..


53 posted on 11/12/2023 6:03:06 PM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: Redcitizen

It was called the “Hoover” because of the sound the engines made.


54 posted on 11/12/2023 6:07:43 PM PST by pfflier
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/us/politics/us-service-members-killed-crash.html


55 posted on 11/12/2023 6:08:01 PM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: pfflier

Thanks!


56 posted on 11/12/2023 7:36:20 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Da Coyote

Thanks for the link to STARRS.US. I was not aware of that site, and also didn’t realize that some of my old classmates were part of it.


57 posted on 11/13/2023 5:43:14 AM PST by ken in texas
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