Posted on 10/15/2009 8:44:37 PM PDT by gura
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC (WIS) - Two Air Force F-16 jets based out of Shaw Air Force Base collided off the coast of South Carolina Thursday night, and one of them is missing.
Air Force officials said the fighters were assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing collided in mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean about 8:30pm on Thursday near Myrtle Beach. The aircraft were participating in night training maneuvers, officials said.
The aircraft carried one person each. One F-16 was able to land safely at Charleston AFB, and the pilot is being examined by Air Force medical personnel.
The location of the other F-16 and its pilot is unknown at this time. A search is underway involving the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and aircraft from Charleston AFB.
A board of officers will investigate the accident. As soon as additional details become available, they will be released.
Someone think of another plane so perfectly designed to carry nothing but the optimum amount of engine, fuel, armament, and a big supply of whoop ass.
Have the pilots names been released?
No.
Shaw F-16’s collide at Myrtle Beach
According to officials two Shaw Air Force Base F-16 fighting falcon aircrafts, assigned to 20th fighter wing, hit each other in mid-air. SAFB Sr. Master Sgt. Brad Fallon says the accident happend around 8:30 Thursday night over the Atlantic Ocean near Myrtle Beach.
Fallon says the fighter jets were participating in night training maneuvers. Officials confirm the pilots were the only people onboard the aircrafts. According to Fallon one F-16 was able to land safely at Charleston Air Force Base. The pilot is being examined by Air Force medical personnel. The location of the other F-16 and the pilot is unknown at this time.
A search is underway involving the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy and aircraft from Charleston Air Force Base. Fallon says a board of officers will investigate the accident.
WACH FOX News will continue to follow this story and bring you the very latest details.
Prayers up.
Prayers up !
Thanks.
Why the /sarc?
I join in prayer for our hero aviator.
Thank you.
Sad day .........hopefully he got out and is waiting for a ride home !
Coast Guard responds to report of military air collision off South Carolina coast
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard responded Thursday night to a report of a collision between two military aircraft approximately 30-miles northeast of Charleston.
According to a news release, Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a report from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., at approximately 8:30 p.m. that two military aircraft collided and that one of the aircraft was down in the Atlantic Ocean.
Search and rescue personnel we immediately dispatched from Charleston to to assist in the operation.
Involved in the search are:
An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Facility Charleston
The Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin from Charleston
A Coast Guard Station Charleston small boat
Stay with News 13 and scnow.com for more on this developing story as details become available
Thanks for keeping us updated.
Doing what I can on non-mil info.
That’s a chore, thanks for the updates.
Prayers up for both pilots and their families.
The F16 is what the F15 would have been had they not decided to make the ‘15 a “do everything” machine instead of the superiority fighter it was designed to be.
I’ve no complaints on how it turned out since the F16 was brought into being to fill the hole, but I sure would have liked to see the F15 as a pure fighter as God intended it to be.
1 onboard downed Air Force jet
Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft carrying one person each were participating in night time training when they collided over the Atlantic Ocean. The crash happend at approximately 830pm. One F-16 was able to land safely at Charleston AFB, S.C. The pilot is being examined by Air Force medical personnel. The location of the other F-16 and its pilot is unknown at this time. A search is underway involving the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and aircraft from Charleston AFB.
A board of officers will investigate the accident. As soon as additional details become available, they will be released.
http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/1_onboard_downed_air_force_jet/75315/
Still no updates.
Hoping for the best.
Amen!
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