Posted on 02/19/2021 4:27:45 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A jet has crashed near Montgomery Regional Airport, according to Executive Airport Director Marshall Taggart Jr.
Taggart tells WSFA 12 News there are two fatalities and the crash site is in the area near Lamar Road and Selma Highway.
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How many pro-trump officers were on board?
It’s an Air Force Training base for pilots. Probably a student.
AT-6A?
RIP and condolences to the families.
“AT-6A?”
They have T-1 Jayhawks @ Columbus AFB.
Maxwell Air Force Base home of Air University and Gunter Annex are not pilot training bases. However, Columbus Air Force Base is a pilot training base. Aircraft was from Columbus.
More info from different source:
https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/02/19/breaking-plane-crash-near-montgomery-regional-airport/
The scene is being turned over to the military.
They have all the trainers:
14th Operations Group
Prayers up for their families.
Sorry this happened right by us.
The Alabama Air National Guard flies F-16s out of Dannely Field. C-130s are at Maxwell AFB. Gunter doesn’t have a flightline or runways.
Dannely Field is the Air Guard side of Montgomery Airport.
Sad ping to the state list. I’ll monitor WSFA to see if there is more information. Maxwell is the Airforce base in M’gmry for those wondering.
Flying from Columbus, MS to Tallahassee, FL. It crashed in a wooded area, apparently missed all structures and pedestrians on the ground. Air Force police is handling the investigation.
It was a T-38. Unknown how many souls on board, two fatalities. Was not out of Maxwell, but perhaps stopped at Dannley for some reason.
My info is sketchy and shouldn’t be relied upon. It’s just a quick perusal.
Prayers and condolences for those affected.
Dear Lord. Prayers up.
Our Air Force flies the finest 60 year old trainers money can buy.
Way past their over due date.
Shameful the replacement is so far away. It is inexcusable no matter the cause of this crash.
Everything the military uses is old.
The B-52 will be almost 100 years old when it’s finally retired.
The M1 Abrams is 40
The M2/M3 Bradley isn’t far behind
The M113 is 50, and so is the M16
The Ma Deuce is just shy of 90.
It wasn’t until the late 90’s that the Army begrudgingly started to replace the Deuce and a half and 5 tons with the FMTV.
Every time the military tried to replace a legacy system, some jerk in congress (or an a-hole SECDEF) would kill it because he wasn’t able to skim some funds for his cronies.
I have always wanted to built a t-38, could almost fit in a garage.
R.I.P.
RIP.
Lived in Prattville in the mid 90s. C-130s were constantly training, flying out of Maxwell in a circle coming over Prattville and back to Maxwell. They could have been landing and taking off again, but it seemed like they were doing touch-and-goes. I really don’t know for sure. Prattville is about 15 miles north of Maxwell
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