Posted on 04/04/2008 1:56:53 PM PDT by sevenbak
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says a B-1 bomber has crashed at an American Air Force base in the Middle East.
A military official says that details remain sketchy but the bomber crashed in the nation of Qatar at al-Udeid Air Base, the headquarters of all American air operations in the Middle East.
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God Bless the crew.
Oh sh*t. Prayers up for the crew!
I just heard it had a fire after landing. All crew got off safely.
That’s two. The other was a B-2 lost on take off from Guam about a month ago, IIRC.
Looks non-redundant - different account of the same incident.
Fantastic news, if true.
That is good news. Did everyone survive, and was the bomber destroyed? Those don’t get replaced.
I just heard it had a fire after landing. All crew got off safely.
Thanks for the update on the condition of the crew.
Thanks. That's what I most wanted to know.
Amen. Imagine their families were on pins and needles. Thank you God!
I heard the report on the crew on the 3:00 MST hourly news update on 850KOA Radio out of Denver. Have not seen anything on TV or any report on the B-1. They aren’t cheap!
OK, found a link to updated story confirming crew is OK.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/ts_nm/usa_qatar_crash_dc
(CBS/AP) The U.S. military said Friday that all four crew members safely evacuated from a B-1 bomber that caught fire after landing at an Air Force Base in the Middle East.The Air Force says the bomber was taxiing after landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar and caught fire. Few details are available, although the Air Force says the aircraft was involved in a ground incident. A State Department official says the B-1 bomber caught fire at the end of a runway and some of its munitions exploded, reports CBS News State Department reporter Charles Wolfson. Al-Udeid is the headquarters of all American air operations in the Middle East. The incident is under investigation. In February, a B-2 stealth bomber plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam, the first time one crashed, but both pilots ejected safely.
One story said that some of the ordnance exploded. I doubt we will see film at 11.
DU`ers are happily claiming this is another example of crappy US technology.
These accidents are going to happen I remember in the 60s at least 10 a year went down.
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