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Not related to the Iranian challenge a couple hours earlier. Nope, not at all.
A mid-air collision, or was it? Time will tell.
This could be important given the events reported earlier in the region.
I’m sure there was a crash, yes, but I really wonder if this is exactly what happened...
How many bets on how the DUmmies will say this is all an election-cycle set-up by US...?
Why is it, that we believe the news about the ME that we like to hear, but question the validity of news we don’t like to hear?
Two planes, three pilots. Glad they specified that they were split one and two, otherwise I'd have thought they were all three in the one plane.
This ‘official” who gave out this information needs to be arrested and put in the brig. It has not been released for a reason. At the very least, our enemies know we are short two aircraft in a war zone.
This kind of crap makes my blood boil. They need to start finding these people and throwing their ass in jail!!!!!
Just a brief intermission to say G-d Bless and protect our brave sailors and airmen who are in harm’s way in that lake of vipers known as the Persian Gulf.
Since it involved a super hornet (two seater) and an F/A-18C single seat, it may be a refueling accident.
Thank God that the navy was able to rescue all three of them!!
Thank God the pilots were rescued by us and not some greasy Iranians putt-putting around the gulf in their souped-up bathtubs.
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Things are heating up. Iran is asking for it. Let’s give it to ‘em.
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.?
The Lame Stream Media and all the assorted moonbats are already proclaiming: GULF OF TONKIN!!!!!! GULF OF TONKIN!!!!!!./Just Asking - seoul62........
Thank G-d our airmen were unharmed.
more info:
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/01/three-aviators-safe-after-navy-jets-collide-arabian-gulf
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
January 8, 2008
Matthew Jones
Oceana-Based Jets Collide In Gulf; Aviators Safe
Two F/A-18 Super Hornets with the Truman Strike Group apparently collided in midair Monday in the Persian Gulf.
The three aviators were rescued, but both planes were destroyed.
The crash occurred at about 7:30 p.m. local time in the northern part of the Gulf, said Lt. John Gay, a Navy spokesman with the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. The planes were patrolling about 20 miles from the carrier Harry S. Truman “to ensure maritime security operations” when the incident happened, Gay said.
The aviators ejected. They were rescued and taken back to the aircraft carrier. They were medically evaluated and appeared to be in good condition, Gay said.
The crash is under investigation, he said. Meanwhile, the Truman Strike Group was able to continue normal operations, part of the routine U.S. presence in the region.
The planes were part of Carrier Air Wing 3. One plane was carrying two aviators.
Carrier Air Wing 3 includes strike fighter squadrons VFA-11, VFA-32, VFA-37 and VFA-105, which are assigned to Oceana Naval Air Station.
One of the fighters, a two-seater F/A-18F, belonged to strike fighter squadron 11, known as the Red Rippers. The other, a one-seater F/A-18E, belonged to strike fighter squadron 105, known as the Gunslingers.
The air wing also includes Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron VAQ-130, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-126, and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron HS-7.
Midair collisions occur periodically during flight training, but crashes such as Monday’s - which happened during actual flight operations - are rare.
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A single Super Hornet costs $57 million, according to the Navy.