Military Fighter Jet crashed into building at Buckley AFB

[kcvl]

Per Fox News...F18 Crashes into building at Buckley AFB

[Spktyr]

The ANG doesn't fly F-18s. They fly F-16s and F-15s.

[jer2911tx]

any news link?

[jer2911tx]

any news link?

[Antonello]

It is on the eastern outskirts of Aurora, CO, a suburb to the east of Denver. This worries me. I was stationed at a Marine radar site at the end of the runway most often used by the F18s. I recall a couple close calls we had when a bird came in under emergency conditions. I hope my old unit didn't just get pickled.

[Grampa Dave]

"so that is closer to town than the new airport>"

Heck, anyplace is closer to Denver than the new airport?

[colorado tanker]

Just shows ya what a DAT knows . . . . :-)

[Republican Red]

Thanks. My dad taught at the Academy in the 60's but I was just a little girl.

I do remember the constant noise of the jets on the base though. I thought it might have been one of their's.

Guess not. I hope the pilot got out okay.

[Bogey78O]

Oh jeez...leave it to the media to skip that part.

[76834]

We had a F18 put on one hell of a show last week at the Dyess Big Country Appreciation Day last week.
Also had a F18 on static display, the static one belonged to the Marines.

Prayers for all involved.

[colorado tanker]

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=cec2afca-0abe-421a-0177-320919e9568e&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

[76834]

According to the Denver Post the pilot is OK

"The pilot had to be cut out of the cockpit but was not injured, Soto said."

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2833409

[mollynme]

Latest on the radio - the plane never took off. It lost it's hydraulics and crashed into the hanger. Pilot is OK. Sounds like he destroyed a weather station though.

[OldFriend]

Air Force Academy is in Colorado Springs.......south of Denver.

[Always Right]

I thought it said Berkley. That would have been ironic. Of course a missle being 'misfired' into Berkley would have seem appropriate.

[militant2]

My boy was just reassigned to Buckley. I have a call in to make sure that everything is OK. Preliminary news would seem to indicate that's so. Militant

[El Gato]

I'm guessing that was a Guard jet.

Air Guard does not fly F/A-18s only the Navy, Marines, Canadians, Swiss and a few others. Probably just on a cross country and stopping for fuel.

[El Gato]

(With a tiny possiblity of NASA.) Or the Canuks.

[kcvl]

God Bless, prayers.

[colorado tanker]

That was pointed out to my by the zoomies. I think there is a fair amount of traffic in transit out there. The President now flies in to Buckley when visiting Denver too.

[militant2]

Thank you, my friend! Militant