November 15, 201213 yr Anybody seen this? https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2012/11/15/fighter-jet-crashes-near-florida-air-force-base
November 16, 201213 yr Yup, word is he's ok. The local WX guy just showed a return over the location where the jet went down and threw out his theory about how the jet may have been flying into the wind...
November 16, 201213 yr Cool. Mystery solved. Saves the taxpayers from paying for two investigations. I raise my drink to the 4th estate.
November 16, 201213 yr 185 left? Are these getting replaced at all or is there just a time when they'll all be gone? Glad he's ok.
November 16, 201213 yr 185 left? Are these getting replaced at all or is there just a time when they'll all be gone? Glad he's ok. They're not getting replaced as the line recently just turned out their last one.
November 16, 201213 yr Glad to hear he is ok. Guess that dispels the rumor that if/when you pull the handle, a video from the CSAF pops up on the MFD and says, "No, no buddy, you try harder."
November 16, 201213 yr Glad to hear he is ok. Guess that dispels the rumor that if/when you pull the handle, a video from the CSAF pops up on the MFD and says, "No, no buddy, you try harder." Courtesy chuckle.
November 16, 201213 yr Glad to hear he is ok. Guess that dispels the rumor that if/when you pull the handle, a video from the CSAF pops up on the MFD and says, "No, no buddy, you try harder." This comment reminds me of the Shuttle program. First flight, STS-1, was a test flight flown by John Young and Rob Crippen (crew of two when it was designed for seven, just in case...) They had ejection seats. When everything tested out all right they took the ejection seats out for the pilots because not everyone could have them... which probably increased your level of motivation if you were flying that thing. Back on topic, good to hear he's okay... wonder what happened. This is from the News Herald: "Graff said hazardous materials units were on the scene as were flight investigators. Graff would not confirm whether jet fuel had been spilled." So... there's an aircraft with lots of carbon fiber and probably noxious chemical coatings BURNING and people are worried about some jet fuel getting into the soil. Didn't BP saturate that area already? EDIT for spelling. Edited November 16, 201213 yr by billy pilgrim
November 16, 201213 yr They got the BP oil cleaned up but the paper mill is still spewing filth so it's a wash.
November 16, 201213 yr Col Graff has been the Wing King for a little over 24 hours. Talk about a job welcome.
November 16, 201213 yr They're not getting replaced as the line recently just turned out their last one. Although they did pay to stockpile all of the tooling instead of destroying it as is normally the case when a production line shuts down... (It's supposedly in case they need to do a SLEP, which with 185 and counting, they will more than likely need to...but you never know.)
November 16, 201213 yr Off the top of my head there have been production F-22 crashes at Nellis, Edwards, Alaska, and now Tyndall. That's four, unless I missed any.
November 16, 201213 yr Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
November 16, 201213 yr Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it. Fast Times at Ridgemont High for you kids out there.
November 16, 201213 yr Whoa whoa whoa.. lets not get technical. No CAPES were harmed in the making of this post. And I did not list anything that was in the Beale/9 RW Critical Information List.
November 16, 201213 yr Col Graff has been the Wing King for a little over 24 hours. Talk about a job welcome. "Oldness" has officially set in. Graff was one of my students in the Eagle at Tyndall.
November 16, 201213 yr Don't worry, I'm sure it's still under manufacturer's warranty. Too bad the manufacturer seems to have worked out a "in soviet russia" type warranty-- build a flawed O2 system, get cut an additional multi-billion dollar contract to fix your own design flaw. Kind of like Northrop-Grumman being able to tell the AF to pound sand when their depot workers blew up a perfectly good E-8.
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