April 29, 201510 yr https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3060026/US-Air-Force-refuelling-aircraft-falls-radar-English-Channel.html Anyone know anything about this? I couldn't find any other articles. Thoughts and prays with the crew.
April 29, 201510 yr https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3060026/US-Air-Force-refuelling-aircraft-falls-radar-English-Channel.html Anyone know anything about this? I couldn't find any other articles. Thoughts and prays with the crew. Apparently they landed fine. Malfunction forced them to power down all the electronics. No transponder = disappear from commercial radar.
April 29, 201510 yr Apparently they landed fine. Malfunction forced them to power down all the electronics. No transponder = disappear from commercial radar. Where did you hear they had to power down all of the electronics?
April 30, 201510 yr I heard the plane was underwater for at least 45 minutes before reappearing on radar... #thetruthisoutthere
April 30, 201510 yr I heard the plane was underwater for at least 45 minutes before reappearing on radar... #thetruthisoutthere Sounds about right. It takes about 10 minutes to enable, and another 10 to disable #tankerstealthmode. Add in 20-25 minutes to dispense the chemtrails...
April 30, 201510 yr Sounds about right. It takes about 10 minutes to enable, and another 10 to disable #tankerstealthmode. Add in 20-25 minutes to dispense the chemtrails... Don't remember testing that at PDM, is that something you install in the field .
April 30, 201510 yr Don't remember testing that at PDM, is that something you install in the field . It is as easy as throwing in the nav station.
April 30, 201510 yr Did someone forget to pass their tail numbers again? The crew forgot to ask so the bean counters put them in timeout.
May 1, 201510 yr The crew forgot to ask so the bean counters put them in timeout. It's unfortunate that there's an element of truth to this...
May 2, 201510 yr It's unfortunate that there's an element of truth to this... Yup, nothing like landing after a sortie only to find an e-mail saying that you need to immediately fill out your tanker tracker. Took off after a 2+00 receiver delay and came back to two e-mails telling me to fill out the tracker.
May 2, 201510 yr Where did you hear they had to power down all of the electronics? JQP. Apparently that was wrong?
May 2, 201510 yr JQP. Apparently that was wrong? Affirm. They had an issue with the rudder. There seemed to be a lot of RUMINT about an electrical issue/fire. Edited May 2, 201510 yr by Right Seat Driver
May 3, 201510 yr Affirm. They had an issue with the rudder. There seemed to be a lot of RUMINT about an electrical issue/fire. Probably because it's tough to imagine how a rudder issue would cause the transponder to fail, dropping the plane from civilian radar systems. I think that's where the electrical story comes in.
May 3, 201510 yr Yup, nothing like landing after a sortie only to find an e-mail saying that you need to immediately fill out your tanker tracker. Or doing an FMS 791/AMCART exactly as directed by the very specific instructions in the G2 cut, then having the WRDCO email your Chief Boom a few days later telling him how fucked up you are. Back on topic... I was wondering how a rudder issue would cause a com/nav failure/shutdown. I guess Aviate-Navigate-Communicate worked out well for Quid, but not so much for the more-rabid British planespotters.
May 4, 201510 yr https://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2015/05/01/air-force-says-some-crew-members-treated-after-fire-on-jet/26700047/ Seems a bit more benign now after the initial report.
May 5, 201510 yr RC-135 at Offutt, fire/smoke/fumes on the ground, some treated for smoke inhalation.
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