Dubs Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 I feel an AF wide safety day coming. Glad to hear he ejected safely!
Danger41 Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 Seriously, WTF is going on with losing all these jets?! I could give two shits about the airplanes if the crews are okay, but wtf.
SocialD Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 Glad the pilot is ok. Standing by for safety down day...
HuggyU2 Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) I could give two shits about the airplanes if the crews are okay,... Well you probably should. 1. These are national assets, and vital to our national interests. 2. They cost a ton of money... something we don't have much anymore as a nation. These are not disposable resources. I feel an AF wide safety day coming. Glad to hear he ejected safely! Beale is having theirs this Thursday... except for the MC-12 squadron, since they cannot afford to stop flying. Edited May 5, 2012 by Huggyu2
Fuzz Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 Beale is having theirs this Thursday... except for the MC-12 squadron, since they cannot afford to stop flying. So just who exactly is involved in the safety day? Finance, MPF, the med group? Because we all know they need it the most out of anyone Glad to here the pilot is ok.
HuggyU2 Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 So just who exactly is involved in the safety day? Finance, MPF, the med group? Because we all know they need it the most out of anyone Glad to here the pilot is ok. Well, over hear at Beale, we also have the U-2, T-38, and RQ-4. So... I guess that that's who exactly is involved in safety day hear. 1
Steve Davies Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 So... I guess that that's who exactly is involved in safety day hear. Nice. 2
billy pilgrim Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 PT shirts untucked at the gym, unruly mustaches, lack of reflective belts after dusk - it was only a matter of time... Joking aside... Maybe our fighter pilots should be focusing more so on flying rather than dividing up their time between additional duties and a worthless online masters from Embry Ridiculous. Oh wait they can't if they want to stay in past major. 1
Danger41 Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 Well you probably should. 1. These are national assets, and vital to our national interests. 2. They cost a ton of money... something we don't have much anymore as a nation. These are not disposable resources. The crews flying them are irreplaceable national assests. You can go to DM, knock the cob webs out of an old Lawn Dart/Strike Eagle/whatever, and have a new jet on the ramp in about a week. (I realize I'm trivializing the process of replacing jets, but I know you get the point).
F16Deuce Posted May 6, 2012 Posted May 6, 2012 Joking aside... Maybe our fighter pilots should be focusing more so on flying rather than dividing up their time between additional duties and a worthless online masters from Embry Ridiculous. Oh wait they can't if they want to stay in past captain. FIFY
HuggyU2 Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) The crews flying them are irreplaceable national assests. Though I wish that were the case,... we have armed guards and line badges to get near the aircraft. Getting near the crews? Not such a big deal. Yeah, yeah... that's not a great analogy. But we've got plenty of SF troops out there that might be required to take a bullet to keep the "asset" safe. Their life, while valuable, is considered ok to put at risk to preserve the asset. And try this litmus test: Go crash four F-22's in a week with four successful ejections. The following week, have four F-22 Captains killed in separate off-duty accidents. Which one will have Congress' attention? Edited May 7, 2012 by Huggyu2 1
Danger41 Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Though I wish that were the case,... we have armed guards and line badges to get near the aircraft. Getting near the crews? Not such a big deal. Yeah, yeah... that's not a great analogy. But we've got plenty of SF troops out there that might be required to take a bullet to keep the "asset" safe. Their life, while valuable, is considered ok to put at risk to preserve the asset. And try this litmus test: Go crash four F-22's in a week with four successful ejections. The following week, have four F-22 Captains killed in separate off-duty accidents. Which one will have Congress' attention? Valid points.
Kenny Powers Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/09/air-force-f16-crash-report-090612/ Looks like a fan blade released due to some miss at the assembly level.
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