Author Topic: contact with F18s flying over Iraq lost! (Read 416 times)

spitfiremkv · « **on:** May 02, 2005, 07:14:27 PM »

a collision maybe?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usiraqmilitary

Pooh21 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2005, 07:15:59 PM »

well hope they got out.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2005, 07:17:40 PM »

wow that's so vauge that it makes it sound fishy.

Like where was contact lost...flight plan...mission?

ok ok it was reported 28 minutes ago but I sincerly hope there wasn't any iranian involvment.....that would be bad.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2005, 08:03:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Pooh21
well hope they got out.

not thinking so. Usually they know pretty soon if a pilot punches out.

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2005, 08:08:07 PM »

not much info on CNN either...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.planes/index.html

I wonder if the military is purposely keeping the media in the dark. Hope the guys made it out OK, though, if they happen to fall in the wrong hands in Iraq....

SunTracker · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2005, 08:57:38 PM »

If the jets were flying low-level and had a collision, the pilots probably didnt have time to eject.

The worst possible scenario would be that insurgents captured the two pilots.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2005, 09:59:24 PM »

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Originally posted by SunTracker
If the jets were flying low-level and had a collision, the pilots probably didnt have time to eject.

The worst possible scenario would be that insurgents captured the two pilots.

I disagree....the worst possible scenerio is that Iran got stupid and shot at the two jets for flying too close to their airspace.

That's worst case for me. Them being captured aint that much better.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2005, 10:14:57 PM »

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NBC News, citing US Navy officials, reported that the jets had been involved in a midair collision.[/b]

News story

ack-ack

SunTracker · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2005, 06:50:02 PM »

One of the pilots has been recovered.

Correction, he was killed in the crash.

Staga · « **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2005, 07:13:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
wow that's so vauge that it makes it sound fishy.

Like where was contact lost...flight plan...mission?

ok ok it was reported 28 minutes ago but I sincerly hope there wasn't any iranian involvment.....that would be bad.

I wonder where did you get an idea that Iran could had been involved in this?

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2005, 07:17:29 PM »

can't find any follow-ups on CNN.

wonder if it was a collision in bad weather.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2005, 07:45:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Staga
I wonder where did you get an idea that Iran could had been involved in this?

lack of info from the press and probably too many Tom Clancy novels.