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.
The Pentagon has stated the the F-15E wreckage has now been bombed.
Good!
Yes, I have noticed that too about comments at AOL, I think you can request most recent or from oldest order. I have seen another site that has in addition most popular and one other that I don’d remember. One change I would like to see here at FR is the capacity to put in a date to pull up the personal pings from that period. Also, I have never figured out how to see what I have written to others on mail.
At any rate, her is today’s AOL News post on Libya. Don’t have time to look at it now, but may be good for a laugh. Perhaps someone would like to do it as a main post.
The way things are shaping up the Qatar planes just may turn around and fly home.
They got to go to Mosque and stick their butt in the air about four or five times a day. Its hard to get steady work done under such a legalistic system
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