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    F-18C down near NAS Fallon

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    http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=79432

    CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Nev., crashed today at approximately 3 p.m. PST on a U.S. Navy range training complex, approximately 70 miles east of NAS Fallon.

    Navy personnel are en route to the scene.

    The Navy has not officially confirmed the status of the aircraft crewmember.

    The aircraft was conducting a training flight prior to the crash.

    A safety investigation will be carried out to determine the cause.

    For more news from Commander, Naval Air Forces, visit www.navy.mil/local/airpac/.

    Praying for some good news.

    Vietnam MIA's buried at Arlington... AF can't afford a flyover

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    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/23/vietnam-era-fliers-buried-side-by-side-at-arlington/

    Major James Sizemore and his navigator Major Howard Andre were found in Laos last year and were recently buried in Arlington. Unfortunately due to sequestration and being the end of the fiscal year the USAF said they couldn't provided a flyover.

    Thankfully pilots from the non-profit Warrior Flight Team stepped in and provided not one but two flyovers the second in an A-26; the same plane Sizemore and Andre flew into Laos 44 years ago.

    No one could come up with 4 hours to support this? I spent 30+ flight hours last week flying "medievac" missions for retired dudes with sprained ankles and psych patients. When did our priorities get so screwed up?

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