Alaska F-22 MIA

[Tec]

Wreckage found.

[url]http://www.ktla.com/news/nationworld/ktuu-jber-says-f22-fighter-overdue-111710,0,5985692.story[url]

[whipster22]

Wreckage found.


[url]http://www.ktla.com/news/nationworld/ktuu-jber-says-f22-fighter-overdue-111710,0,5985692.story]

http://www.ktla.com/news/nationworld/ktuu-jber-says-f22-fighter-overdue-111710,0,5985692.story

Fixed your link  .

[greens]

There are so many plane crashes in Alaska that will never be found, one of the most famous is the plane crash that happened in the '70s with some congressman aboard. 

ack-ack

early 80s i think akak think last name was begich. marc begich is in alaskas politics think thats the congressman son, they still havent found the wreckage i think of that begich crash.
 and yes they found the wreckage of the F22 but no pilot yet.

[AAJagerX]

  For the pilot.

[Babalonian]

I hope the pilot made it out, but the signs don't look good.   

[RTR]

Hopefully they will find the pilot.

Not picking up an emergency beacon yet may not be unusual for that area, depending on terrain and satellite coverage. The 406mhz beacons are much better and more easily picked up than the old 121.5 kits, but are dependent on coverage and may be shadowed by high terrain still.

Hope it turns out alright and he gets home.

RTR

[007Rusty]

Found this in the local paper

Searchers in Alaska find wreck believed to be missing F-22 fighter

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view/20101117alaska_military_base_searching_for_overdue_air_force_f-22/srvc=news&position=also

[Ack-Ack]

early 80s i think akak think last name was begich. marc begich is in alaskas politics think thats the congressman son, they still havent found the wreckage i think of that begich crash.
 and yes they found the wreckage of the F22 but no pilot yet.

Yeah, I think that's the one.  Supposedly crashed into a glacier, at least that's the FBI's theory.  I remember the documentary I saw about it and it mentioned that they looked in the area of some glacier where they think the plane might have gone down only to find a completely different plane that had been missing for years that no one knew about.


ack-ack

[EskimoJoe]

Link in my OP is updated as the story develops, it will be up-to-date.

Reading that the pilot went through Arctic Survival Training (as I'm sure all pilots up here do) is reassuring. The weather has been pretty bad up here these past few days though, so the clock is ticking. I hope we find him/her soon 

[EskimoJoe]

The wreckage may have been found, though they are still unsure whether or not it's the craft they're looking for.

"We're going to ensure that was indeed a F-22 and that is the crash site," Air Force Col. Jack McMullen, Commander of the 3rd Wing, said. "As we work through this, we are doing an active search to try to find the pilot. Perhaps he ejected. Until we can find out whether he ejected from the airplane or is in the airplane itself, we do not know."

http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-jber-says-f22-fighter-overdue-111710,0,4960192.story

[stealth]

Was driving near the base just 2 days ago. <S> F-22 pilots

[RTHolmes]

is it normal to fly sorties with just a single bird?

[Yossarian]

is it normal to fly sorties with just a single bird?

I read that there were actually two of them - they were flying about 2 miles apart when one went missing.  The other F-22 then refueled and searched for the missing plane.

[RTHolmes]

ok that makes more sense. you'd think that his wingmans radar would be able to pinpoint pretty accurately where he went down.

[MiloMorai]

ok that makes more sense. you'd think that his wingmans radar would be able to pinpoint pretty accurately where he went down.

Stealth air superiority fighter???