Posted on 03/22/2011 4:27:12 AM PDT by kristinn
USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Mediterranean Sea, Mar 22, 2011 — Two crew members ejected from their U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle when the aircraft experienced equipment malfunction over northeast Libya, March 21, 2011 at approximately 10:30 p.m. CET.
Both crew members ejected and are safe.
The aircraft, based out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, was flying out of Aviano Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn at the time of the incident.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
The identities will be released after the next of kin have been notified.
Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces.
Just saw footage on Fox of the unfired ordnance, right down to the contract number and serial number. We need to recover that stuff before they do..
Raising his hands in the air he called out "OK, OK" to greet the crowd. But he need not have worried.
"I hugged him and said don't be scared we are your friends," said Younis Amruni, 27.
A queue formed to shake the hand of the airman, as locals thanked him for his role in the attacks.
A plane crash is an "incident". Hmmmm....strange choice of words.
incident = cover for dear leader
nail on head
One poster just made a post, forget their name that the anti war right is now picking up.
Funny how the left pick and choose their wars.
Iraq 17 UN resolutions and years of ignoring them
Bush went to Congress and got the votes
Obama goes on vacation , takes family, takes MOTHER IN LAW ON OUR DIME WTH.
One resolution ignored in 24 hours.
Wages war from Rio and then sends a letter from his vacation to congress after he has wages war and attacked
it is staggering how the far left and anti war smelly hippies are hypocritical and that goes for the corrupt media who are spinning this for obama.
FOX for instance.
Plane goes down now if Bush had been on the report would have said .
“US plane goes down”
Because obama is in charge then the report is”US plane crashed due to mechanical problems”
2ND headline makes it clear it was not shot down but the first could be making people ask was it shot down.
Still Bill Hemmer and FOX plus others are happy because their 401k’s are going up and to them that is all what matters
They’re like little kids being taken to a candy shop right now,smiling an giggling but ignore the laws and what obama has done
They will release him, but only after he converts to Islam.
LOL Noticed that too.
Why should they do anything when the Great Satan is doing the heavy lifting for them?
No one would give a crap if it is me taken, as it should be.
Put little Jane the pilot in such situation...
Can you say Navy Seals, US Rangers, and a brigade of hopped up to hell US Marines with enough armor and air support to move a pyramid or two before lunch..?
Ground action. Can't free Jane with a tomahawk or jdam. Secure the area, achieve rescue, or blow everything to bits. Move on till you achieve objective. We are exceptionally good at this type thing, but these situations are best avoided beforehand..
After the fact we are necessarily in up to our eyeballs.
If I was in charge of theater, and one of my commanders placed any female within possibility of capture in this craphole, I would simply shoot his a$$ dead on the spot and grind out the rest of my life in Leavenworth..
Interesting picture. Looks like it hit the ground level with almost no forward velocity. Don’t know how that would happen...
“So we’re bombing who”
Muslims
“where”
Libya
“why”
Muzzies were killin’ muzzies and our muzzie POTUS couldn’t bear to watch it happen. Had to save his ‘brothers’ in the ‘hood.’
“and for what”
The priviledge of our boys getting their throats slit, blown up or shot in the back by those they were ordered to save?
The initial mystery involving the “rebels” here reminds me of that.
Simple. Engine suddenly stops working. Pilot pulls jet into vertical assent and then ejects when it stalls. Jet then falls vertically to the ground.
“In Iraq female pilots had both arms and legs broken (maybe on ejection) and were repeatedly raped.”
(channeling a leftist feminist)
Small prices must be paid for equality!
Looks like they landed the thing it is so intact.
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