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.
Prayers for our missing warrior.
Thanks. Still no updates.
Oh Lord of sea, and earth, and air, listen to this pilot’s prayer...
Learned that in middle school.
Prayers for the pilot, ahd his family...gotta be going through hell right now.
Semper Fi.
Thank you.
Pilot sought after 2 F-16s collide off S.C. coast
Oct 16 01:32 AM US/Eastern
Senior Master Sgt. Brad Fallin at Shaw Air Force Base says the two planes collided around 8:30 p.m. Thursday about 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston, during night training exercises. Each plane was carrying one person.
Fallin says one jet landed safely at Charleston Air Force Base, but the location of the other plane and pilot is unknown.
Fallin says the Coast Guard is currently searching the with two helicopters and two service vessels.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BC0AR04&show_article=1&catnum=0
Prayers up!
Please ping any updates.
off.
No updates on the local TeeVee.
Likely they lost the A/C and the pilot - if the pilot ejected OK, the seat beacon would have been squalling its electronic ass off about 30 seconds after the seat left the A/C.
Prayers for the family, for sure.
Prayers up ...
the fighters were assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing collided in mid-air
Prayers going up asap.
God be with them all!
everyone here on the flight line is assigned to the 20th Fighter wing, do we know if they are in the 55th, 77th or 79th?
you left out the 55th :)
Any word AF Wife?
Shaw F-16’s collide during night training maneuvers
Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base collided in mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean about 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening about 40 miles east of Folly Beach, S.C.
The aircraft were participating in night training maneuvers. They carried one person each.
The first F-16 was piloted by Capt. Lee Bryant and was able to land safely at Charleston Air Force Base. Bryant was examined by Air Force medical personnel and is unharmed.
The location of the second F-16 Fighting Falcon and its pilot is unknown at this time. That pilot has been identified as Capt. Nicholas Giglio. Aircraft and surface vessels of the U.S. Coast Guard are combing the ocean east of Charleston, but Giglio and his aircraft are still missing at this time.
Both aircraft were participating in night training maneuvers over the Atlantic.
A board of officers will investigate the accident. As additional details become available, they will be released by the Item.
http://www.theitem.com/article/20091016/ITNEWS01/710179998
Ugh... It’s been an awfully long time. Not good.
Update at post 56.
Still praying.
Shaw is having a news conference at 1400 eastern.
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