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ramy
05-03-2005, 01:59 PM
WASHINGTON - One of two pilots whose Marine Corps fighter jets were reported missing in Iraq has been found, and investigators have concluded that their planes likely collided in the air, a senior defense official said Tuesday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq_missing_jets;_ylt=AoO43vpjWtN3gX_D2eViP.j9xg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBhaDRna2o3BHNlYwNsbjE2OTY-
Luxembourger
05-03-2005, 02:07 PM
oh no, that sucks :(

RIP
Bluezoo
05-03-2005, 02:09 PM
RIP :(
Resurrection
05-03-2005, 02:09 PM
oh no, that sucks :(

RIP

x2 - Rest in peace. I hope the other pilot makes it out alive. :|
b33f
05-03-2005, 02:35 PM
oh no, that sucks :(

RIP

x2 - Rest in peace. I hope the other pilot makes it out alive. :|

x3

Can anyone explain to me how s.t. like this can happen? (mid-air collions of F/A 18s?)
agcsy
05-03-2005, 02:37 PM
oh no, that sucks :(

RIP

x2 - Rest in peace. I hope the other pilot makes it out alive. :|

x3

Can anyone explain to me how s.t. like this can happen? (mid-air collions of F/A 18s?)

Odds are it will be pilot error. While mid air collisions dont occur frequently they do happen.
Laworkerbee
05-03-2005, 02:52 PM
R.I.P.
Aerosoul
05-03-2005, 03:28 PM
Was afraid of this...


RIP.
Jagr
05-03-2005, 03:30 PM
It was a night time flight wearing NVG's.. if you've never done NVG's in 2 dimensions, you'd have a hard time appreciating how disorienting it can be in 3 dimensions..
RSK
05-03-2005, 03:42 PM
RIP
AOCBravo2004
05-03-2005, 03:49 PM
It was a night time flight wearing NVG's.. if you've never done NVG's in 2 dimensions, you'd have a hard time appreciating how disorienting it can be in 3 dimensions..

I completely forgot it was night time, but yeah, NVG's do tend to cut on your depth perception.

Semper Fi Marines.

When the beer it flows like water
And the talk it turns to war
And we speak of absent comrades
And the honor of our Corps
PeterRJG
05-03-2005, 03:56 PM
R.I.P
houdakye
05-03-2005, 04:12 PM
This may help put a face to the men of this squadron, or at least a little history.

http://www.lemoore.navy.mil/cvw-9/vmfa323.htm
http://www.lemoore.navy.mil/cvw-9/
http://www.cvn70.navy.mil/


I shall not surrender
I shall not retreat
I will stand here and fight
or I will stand here and die.

Semper Fi
Bryson C
05-03-2005, 04:16 PM
R.I.P.
Digital Marine
05-04-2005, 04:20 PM
Any news on the 2nd pilot yet?
LordHalbert
05-04-2005, 04:27 PM
Perhaps it was an accident due to evasive manuevers to avoid SAM?

Not the first time it happened.

Remember when the 2 helicopters were destroyed (CH-47s ?). Apparently one was trying to avoid a SAM/RPG and smacked into the other helicopter.

Oh, BTW, latest news:

http://www.*******.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=DC2PFGIQWOFNCCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=8391016
Digital Marine
05-04-2005, 04:32 PM
Thank God that they found his body... may he rest in peace now.. :(



BTW
Don't you mean the 2 Seakings from the British Navy?
Secret Squirrel
05-04-2005, 04:37 PM
Thank God that they found his body... may he rest in peace now.. :(



BTW
Don't you mean the 2 Seakings from the British Navy?

I think he's refering to the two Black Hawks that crashed on Nov. 15, 2003. Reports concluded that they collided after trying to avoid a rocket-propelled grenade attack.