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Re:91-0304
May 10 2011 11:02:18 F-15E losses to date are:
87-0172 - crashed (we have no info on the reason) 87-0186 - crashed due to a major flight control malfunction 87-0203 - crashed due to pilot error 88-1689 - shot down by A/A defenses 88-1692 - either crashed low level or shot down by A/A defenses 88-1694 - shot down by A/A defenses (probably) 88-1701 - crashed due to bird ingestion 89-0479 - crashed (we have no info on the reason) 89-0491 - crashed due to multiple system malfunctions 89-0497 - crashed due to pilot spatial disorientation 89-0504 - crashed due to HUD malfunction induced pilot spatial disorientation 90-0231 - crashed due to pilot error 91-0304 - crashed (we have no info on the reason) As you see, we have no info on 3 crashes (including 91-0304). If anyone could update us, it would be welcome. |
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May 11 2011 05:39:16 Do you have crash impact photos of these aircraft?
I would like to see how many impacted in a flat mode vs cratering? I suspect the most common mode of impact creates a crater. Something looks suspicious/unusual about this flat impact. |
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May 11 2011 06:45:20 I have no photos, unfortunately. Will make a search for them, though...
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May 14 2011 04:51:18 In the early news of the incident, it was reported that another NATO aircraft was in the same area. Do you remember reading this information?
Information regarding this loss has sort of dropped off the screen lately. |
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May 14 2011 07:02:46 I don't remember reading this, but another F-15E (the wingman or flight lead of the downed jet) should have been near.
Don't bother of the news, as I recall this is standard USAF procedure - they will publish the accident report (or at least part of it) sooner or later. |
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May 14 2011 13:12:44 Having been a pilot in the USAF, I can tell you that it can be quite a wait before the accident report comes out (if it ever does in this case). I am afraid this one might have already been written off as a combat loss and will not be investigated.
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May 16 2011 01:49:41 I have 2100 hrs in the RF-4C from 1968 - 1974.
I taught Air Combat BFM 1971 - 1974. |
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Jun 03 2011 18:20:33 Here is the latest report on the investigation related to the crash to 91-0304 from the Air Force Magazine.com
Safety Investigation into F-15E Crash Completed: An Air Force safety investigation board has concluded its look into the F-15E that crashed in Libya on March 21, a US Air Forces in Europe spokesman told the Daily Report. However, it's not yet clear if USAFE officials will release information from that board or convene a follow-on accident investigation board, he said. The Strike Eagle, assigned to RAF Lakenheath, England, was operating out of Aviano AB, Italy, in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn when it went down over northeast Libya during a strike sortie. Two Marine CH-53 helicopters, two AV-8B attack aircraft, and a pair of MV-22 Ospreys operating from the USS Kearsarge, which was positioned in the Mediterranean Sea, recovered the pilot. Libyan civilians helped the aircraft's combat systems operator. Neither crew member was seriously injured. US Africa Command previously announced that the aircraft suffered an equipment |
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