WABoom Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Just happened to see on a friends FB page something about a C-130 incident. Black Hills Fox News is reporting the story. Hope everyone is ok. https://www.facebook...ws/122161657947 Edited July 2, 2012 by WABoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonHerc Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Additional news source: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/plane-goes-down-fighting-white-draw-fire/article_9b8b5de1-862c-570d-add9-9231cb3fe5e5.html Edited July 2, 2012 by OregonHerc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Additionally... http://www.kotatv.com/story/18928396/plane-crashes-fighting-white-draw-fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarheadBoom Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 From WABoom's Facebook link: Update: The C-130 that went down in Fall River County was carrying an Air Force crew of six. As of now, four are unaccounted for ... one has been taken to Rapid City Regional Hospital via Life Flight ... another taken by ground ambulance. Not good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkDiggler Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 http://www.153aw.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123308277 Do the Mods wanna change the thread title to C-130 crash? Really hoping to hear that the crew made it out ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasty Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Prayers for our boys out there. We (the WYANG) got activated to start fighting two weeks ago. Saw a source that said NC was up at CYS too. No word yet on the crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleRattle Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Saw that the plane was from 145 AW (Charlotte guard); no mention of where the crewmembers were from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerkFE Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Just got word that it was a CLT plane and CLT crew. Edited July 2, 2012 by HerkFE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HercDude Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/c-130-aircraft-sent-fight-wildfire-crashes-south-d/nPkMx/ Charlotte area news is reporting that there were fatalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkbum Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Per the family thru The Charlotte Observer http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/07/02/3357559/firefighting-c-130-crashes-in.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daynightindicator Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 C-130 MAFFS fleet stood down UFN... http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/02/us/south-dakota-air-tanker-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 thoughts with the fallen and their families... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadClear Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Because of privacy for the families that haven't come forward yet to confirm the whereabouts of the other crew members, I'm not going to indulge any information I've been told just yet, but its not good. http://www.wbtv.com/story/18932172/nc-national-guard-plane-crashes-while-fighting-colorado-wildfires This report indicates the A/C and FE have passed. I will say there was 6 crew members onboard. Keep our unit in your alls prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Termy Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ugh. Heart hurts for the NCANG, the families, and the whole C-130 community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wolf424 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Godspeed dudes. My prayers for the unit and the fallen's family/friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookdriver Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Loach Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) If this is true, it's really sad news: according to this website, 4 of the 6 crew have died. I got to do a TACC mission for about a month with 2 of the loads from CLT a few years ago. Both really nice guys. My thoughts and prayers are with the crew, their families and friends. I know nothing about this site -- just came across it a few minutes ago, but it provides a lot more detail than what's in other news sources right now. http://wildfiretoday.com/ Edited July 2, 2012 by Loach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERK_Nav Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 God Speed! :beer: :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Thoughts and prayers, brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzl337 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentrymechanic Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 To them... Hurts twice as bad being in the fire service and a mechanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimuth Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I was stationed with the Nav at Little Rock. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintail21 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 The Charlotte PA Lt Col said MAFFS missions conduct drops at 150'AGL. Is this accurate? I don't know what their procedures are but whenever we got help from tankers or seats, they were right around 100-200 agl, terrain permitting. You don't want the retardant to spread out so much that it's ineffective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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