Posted on 09/07/2017 4:47:32 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The Two Aircraft of the 57th Wing Were On Routine Training Mission.
Early reports and a release from Nellis AFB say two Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, referred to as the “Warthog”, have crashed northwest of Las Vegas in the Nevada Test and Training Range.
Both pilots of the single-seat ground attack aircraft ejected safely and were transported to the Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis for evaluation.
The accident occurred at approximately 8:00 PM local time in Nevada on Wed. Sept. 6. Sunset in the region was reported as 6:58 PM. Weather in the region was reported as cloudy with light winds. No cause of the crash has been released.
The two A-10s belonged to the 57th Wing (57 WG) of the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis. The unit provides realistic tactical air combat training for all units visiting Nellis including those participating in routine training and the Red Flag combat simulation exercises.
I don’t scare easy but my first surprise Warthog attack rattled my stones!
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>> “Midair collision?” <<
Must have been.
The hog is a very nimble aircraft, hard to crash one.
Uncommon valor
The problem is...
The Tooling was destroyed.
We would have to start from scratch.
Is there a chart or graph of US military crashes?
I found this:
More likely a Weapons School mid-air, not a basic formation flight.
Formation flight is actually pretty easy and mid-air collisions from a formation flight are downright rare.
So. . .a Weapons School BFM-type of mission is likely the phase of flight that had the mid-air.
Weapons school missions are flown to max limits of the flight envelope, on the edge of its capabilities and dangerous.
Given my over 800hrs flying the A-10, I would say it was a Weapons School BFM profile. Just a guess for now.
Dozens left parked in the AMARC “boneyard”
We have been focused on the surface Navy but in the meantime military aviation continues to stack up crashes at a unacceptable rate.
Apparently this time no fatalities but there have been significant fatalities in several other recent cases.
One here, for starters... :-(
Quite a few in storage they could rehabilitate.
Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM), not really “basic” but rehearsing air to air maneuvers and building on previous maneuvers and making them more and more advanced.
Then, lets get to it.
I am sick of our generations stagnation. The wall could be build in months. The moon could be achievable in a year or two. The A-10 could be built with upgrades within a year.
What the hay are we waiting on????
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