ClearedHot Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Pilot ejected safely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I feel an AF wide safety day coming. Glad to hear he ejected safely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Seriously, WTF is going on with losing all these jets?! I could give two shits about the airplanes if the crews are okay, but wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitzo Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Wow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grind Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Jesus, how many this year alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialD Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Glad the pilot is ok. Standing by for safety down day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I feel a Back to Basics SII coming on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) I could give two shits about the airplanes if the crews are okay,... Well you probably should. 1. These are national assets, and vital to our national interests. 2. They cost a ton of money... something we don't have much anymore as a nation. These are not disposable resources. I feel an AF wide safety day coming. Glad to hear he ejected safely! Beale is having theirs this Thursday... except for the MC-12 squadron, since they cannot afford to stop flying. Edited May 5, 2012 by Huggyu2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Beale is having theirs this Thursday... except for the MC-12 squadron, since they cannot afford to stop flying. So just who exactly is involved in the safety day? Finance, MPF, the med group? Because we all know they need it the most out of anyone Glad to here the pilot is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 So just who exactly is involved in the safety day? Finance, MPF, the med group? Because we all know they need it the most out of anyone Glad to here the pilot is ok. Well, over hear at Beale, we also have the U-2, T-38, and RQ-4. So... I guess that that's who exactly is involved in safety day hear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Davies Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 So... I guess that that's who exactly is involved in safety day hear. Nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy pilgrim Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 PT shirts untucked at the gym, unruly mustaches, lack of reflective belts after dusk - it was only a matter of time... Joking aside... Maybe our fighter pilots should be focusing more so on flying rather than dividing up their time between additional duties and a worthless online masters from Embry Ridiculous. Oh wait they can't if they want to stay in past major. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Well you probably should. 1. These are national assets, and vital to our national interests. 2. They cost a ton of money... something we don't have much anymore as a nation. These are not disposable resources. The crews flying them are irreplaceable national assests. You can go to DM, knock the cob webs out of an old Lawn Dart/Strike Eagle/whatever, and have a new jet on the ramp in about a week. (I realize I'm trivializing the process of replacing jets, but I know you get the point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F16Deuce Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Joking aside... Maybe our fighter pilots should be focusing more so on flying rather than dividing up their time between additional duties and a worthless online masters from Embry Ridiculous. Oh wait they can't if they want to stay in past captain. FIFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) The crews flying them are irreplaceable national assests. Though I wish that were the case,... we have armed guards and line badges to get near the aircraft. Getting near the crews? Not such a big deal. Yeah, yeah... that's not a great analogy. But we've got plenty of SF troops out there that might be required to take a bullet to keep the "asset" safe. Their life, while valuable, is considered ok to put at risk to preserve the asset. And try this litmus test: Go crash four F-22's in a week with four successful ejections. The following week, have four F-22 Captains killed in separate off-duty accidents. Which one will have Congress' attention? Edited May 7, 2012 by Huggyu2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Though I wish that were the case,... we have armed guards and line badges to get near the aircraft. Getting near the crews? Not such a big deal. Yeah, yeah... that's not a great analogy. But we've got plenty of SF troops out there that might be required to take a bullet to keep the "asset" safe. Their life, while valuable, is considered ok to put at risk to preserve the asset. And try this litmus test: Go crash four F-22's in a week with four successful ejections. The following week, have four F-22 Captains killed in separate off-duty accidents. Which one will have Congress' attention? Valid points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Powers Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/09/air-force-f16-crash-report-090612/ Looks like a fan blade released due to some miss at the assembly level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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