I have spent a lot of time in Guam with the bombers; from the pics of the crash site, it was just airborn when it went down in front of the wash rack and Hangar 1. I wish I had a dollar for every time I stood in front of hangar 1 watching bombers take off and I'm sure glad I wasn't standing there watching that one.
We have had a lot of near misses at Guam, as we conduct a large amout of bomber operations from there. Here is a pic of the last misshap we had there back in 2005 with a B-1. They were very lucky to have made it back to the island with a catistrophic engine fire.
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