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Navy Fighter Jets Crash in Persian Gulf (All Pilots Ejected Safely)
AP via Breitbart ^ | Jan 7 02:06 PM US/Eastern | By LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 01/07/2008 11:20:19 AM PST by maquiladora

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Navy fighter jets plunged into the Persian Gulf Monday, after what initial reports suggest was a mid-air collision, a defense official said.

All three pilots ejected safely from the planes and were headed back to the USS Harry Truman, the aircraft carrier they were operating from, according to the official, who requested anonymity because the information was preliminary and not yet released publicly. No other details or the crash were released.

One of the F-18 jets that crashed held two pilots, the other held just one.

The crash occurred at about 1 p.m. EST.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 200801; 20080107; crash; eject; f18; gulf; navair; navy; persiangulf; planecrash; usn; ussharrytruman
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To: Sunnyflorida

I may be off on the exact percentage but I recall spending about half my time at sea and in port working on safety, damage control, rescue etc. It was not my rating but I did get assigned to the fire party for about a year. We trained and trained and trained on these very things. If you study WWII Naval action, the one thing we got from the Japs kamikaze attacks were amazing lessons on how to save ship and crew NO MATTER WHAT. Even pretty early in the war ‘down pilot rescue’ was an art that we perfected.

I don’t know if this was specific to my ship but these sort of items were drummed into our young skulls constantly.


41 posted on 01/07/2008 1:51:00 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar, etc and we can join OPEC!!!)
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To: Yo-Yo

Thanks for the correction; I have a son in the F/A-18C FRS and I made the assumption that the single seater was a “C” model and not an “E” model.


42 posted on 01/07/2008 1:54:56 PM PST by dalcapret
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To: Yo-Yo
Apparently the F-18 uses Buddy Stores. I've installed one on an A-7 but didn't know F/A-18's of any variety used them.
43 posted on 01/07/2008 1:57:31 PM PST by magslinger (cranky right-winger)
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To: Drew68

What would the purpose be of releasing the information “anonymously” then?


44 posted on 01/07/2008 1:59:02 PM PST by ChinaThreat (s)
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To: Sunnyflorida
Thank God for our troops. Thank Navy training and dedication for the rescue.

CVA-60 USS Saratoga.

AMEN! Thank God for our Navy and for all of our service men and women. Thank God for their families who are left at home while they go on their tour of duty. May God Bless and protect every single one of them, and may He comfort those who have lost loved ones in the war.!

Thank you for serving to protect America! I really do appreciate it. :o)

45 posted on 01/07/2008 2:07:47 PM PST by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: maquiladora

Things are heating up. Iran is asking for it. Let’s give it to ‘em.


46 posted on 01/07/2008 2:19:46 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
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To: maquiladora

Thank God they are all safe. Prayers for our Heroes.


47 posted on 01/07/2008 2:22:03 PM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: magslinger

Does the Navy still use KA-6 tankers?


48 posted on 01/07/2008 2:24:25 PM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: RightWhale

Hard to imagine that they both experienced mechanical failure at the exact same time.


49 posted on 01/07/2008 2:28:18 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Yo-Yo

I’d imagine not. No more Intruders (A-6) and the EA-6 has been phased out and I doubt there ever was a KEA-6 (EKA-6?) variant anyway.


50 posted on 01/07/2008 2:34:23 PM PST by magslinger (cranky right-winger)
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To: ChinaThreat
What would the purpose be of releasing the information “anonymously” then?

So that he could put out the important information that the pilots are alive and have been returned to the ship without being obligated to release any further details.

51 posted on 01/07/2008 3:14:57 PM PST by Drew68
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To: magslinger
No more A-6E Intruders, but the EA-6B is still very active as the United States' only EW Jammer aircraft (after the retirement several years ago of the EF-111A.)

There certainly was a KA-6D variant, but Wiki says they have been retired, leaving only the S-3B Vikings and E/F-18E-F SuperHornets, both with buddy packs, as carrier based tankers.

52 posted on 01/07/2008 3:31:00 PM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: maquiladora

DoD News Briefing with Vice Adm. Cosgriff at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (DOD Defenselink)

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4116

“Before I talk about the encounter in the Strait of Hormuz, I should report that earlier this evening local time in the Gulf we had a mid-air collision from two — between two F-18 Super Hornets operating off the Harry S. Truman in the northern Arabian Gulf. Three aviators total were involved. The two aircraft were lost. The three aviators had been safely recovered aboard USS Harry S. Truman in good condition and are being checked out medically. So I want to give you that update that occurred. We’ll get the — the PAOs will get you the details on — as they’re available on squadrons and that sort of thing.?


53 posted on 01/07/2008 3:40:49 PM PST by CDB
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To: stuartcr

“What we like to hear, is always the truth?”

Not always.

But we usually ‘know’ when it’s not. What is important is whether one acknowledges the truth, even if one likes the lie.


54 posted on 01/07/2008 4:37:29 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Just saying what 'they' won't.)
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To: xjcsa

Could have been 1.5 pilots per plane. That would explain what has happened to all the half children from people having 1.5 kids.


55 posted on 01/07/2008 5:16:13 PM PST by Albert Barr
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To: maquiladora

The Lame Stream Media and all the assorted moonbats are already proclaiming: GULF OF TONKIN!!!!!! GULF OF TONKIN!!!!!!./Just Asking - seoul62........


56 posted on 01/07/2008 5:22:04 PM PST by seoul62
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To: dalcapret

Super Hornets come in both single - E and dual seat - F models.


57 posted on 01/07/2008 6:46:25 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: ChinaThreat

SOP


58 posted on 01/07/2008 6:47:52 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: magslinger
and the EA-6 has been phased out

You might want to tell VAQ-130, currently embarked aboard the Truman, that the aircraft they are currently flying and will continue to fly for several more years, along with VMAQ-1, VMAQ-2, VMAQ-3, VMAQ-4, VAQ-129, VAQ-131, VAQ-132, VAQ-134, VAQ-135, VAQ-136, VAQ-137, VAQ-139, VAQ-141 and VAQ-142, "has been phased out".

071211-N-0455L-017 PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 11, 2007) An EA-6B Prowler, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VAQ) 130 "The Zappers," launches off the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 and Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 10 launched its first series of operational missions over Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are underway on a regular scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Justin Lee Losack (Released)

59 posted on 01/07/2008 7:02:04 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Frank_Discussion

I have to think they wouldn’t actually take a shot. I don’t think we’d quite put up with that. They want US to take the first shot.


60 posted on 01/07/2008 7:22:21 PM PST by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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