US KC-135 Down - Kyrgyzstan

[Steve Davies]

Unconfirmed reports of a tanker down after take-off in Kyrgyzstan:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22397266

If correct, a really bad couple of weeks for US aviation.

[Warrior]

A prayer for the dudes (dudettes?) on board...

[sky_king]

yikes. Sad times for military aviation. Stay safe out there brothers and sisters.

[Napoleon_Tanerite]

I absolutely HATE this part of the job..... That sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and instantaneously thinking of who I know who flies the aircraft in question. I know quite a few bros in the MC-12, and a lot in the tanker too, so this sucks. Here's hoping for the best.

[capt4fans]

Hoping for the best. I'm right along with Napoleon here. Know too many folks in that community.

Edit to add cnn linnk.

https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/03/world/asia/kyrgyzstan-us-aircraft-missing/index.html

Edited May 3, 2013 by capt4fans

[Ravens52]

This is getting rough... A toast and prayers to the fallen.

[capt4fans]

[Homestar]

damn

[tunes]

rough week......

[hardie9e]

Prayers for the crew and their families.

[Hueypilot]

Hope this trend ends...and hope we aren't looking at increased mishap rates due to the idea that flying for currency only is a good idea...prayers for the crew, and here's hoping for a miracle that there's survivors.

[Bergman]

Changed the topic title to ease any KC-10 sphincters. ("tanker" vs "KC-135")

Desperately trying to find info on the incident, as we have several crews there right now.

I hate this part of aviation.

[AmpXLZH]

Extremely sad day for the my tanker bros. And an especially sad week+ for aviation. :beer:

[Bayou_Eagle_Driver]

Berg - if you find out, could you PM me? I have several friends in the AL-ANG.

[FallingOsh]

Sounds like it may have come apart while still airborne. Can't find any info on the crew.

https://inserbia.info/news/2013/05/kyrgyzstan-us-transit-center-airplane-crashed-near-the-kyrgyz-kazakh-border/

[afnav]

Terrible news. An airborne breakup with be even worse news.

[BolterKing]

Hope this trend ends...and hope we aren't looking at increased mishap rates due to the idea that flying for currency only is a good idea...prayers for the crew, and here's hoping for a miracle that there's survivors.

Hope in one hand, shit in the other. We're going on year 12 of this ######ing "war" flying/operating equipment that was already decades past it's initial service life, and now we're gutting funding from the military because no one has the balls to turn off social entitlement programs, in order to save us all from proffesional voters. ######!

Rant off.... prayers for the families of the crew.

[chem_teacher_flies85]

Prayers and thoughts to the families, friends, and the aviation community.

Too much salt on an already wide open wound

[Prosuper]

Does anybody know how the winds and turbulence are around Manas this time of year? Those mountains Tien Shen peek out at 19000 ft. Know a bunch of tanker dudes when I was in the AOR using OAMS as a ops stop for fuel before heading back to Manas during the runway repairs. BTW Manas is still a shitty runway.

[Hueypilot]

Photos of the crash site: https://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?226112-Reports-of-USAF-KC-135-crashing-near-Bishkek-Kyrgyzstan

[Orbit]

EDIT: looks like you just posted the same pictures.

Edited May 3, 2013 by zmatt

[PolyestherDuck]

They are old old planes. Some of the people flying them have parents who weren't born when the first ones rolled off the shelves. They've been saying for a long time that we need new tankers.

[morenoj135]

Sounds like it may have come apart while still airborne. Can't find any info on the crew.

https://inserbia.info...-kazakh-border/

I'm praying that this wasnt the case, the birds were old and tired when I flew them a decade ago, they must be worse now. That dumbass shoe clerk Colonel that #%*$ed the first tanker replacement deal should be fried because we would already have new birds pulling this work horse mission.

My prayers to the crew and family, but for the grace of God there go I.

[BolterKing]

I'm praying that this wasnt the case, the birds were old and tired when I flew them a decade ago, they must be worse now. That dumbass shoe clerk Colonel that #%*$ed the first tanker replacement deal should be fried because we would already have new birds pulling this work horse mission. My prayers to the crew and family, but for the grace of God there go I.

She's actually doing time.

[morenoj135]

Not enough in my opinion and the stars above her need some time as well because they surely knew.