2x Laughlin T-38s down

[DFRESH]

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/11/19/two-aircraft-suffer-runway-accident-at-laughlin-air-force-base-injuries-unknown/

[DFRESH]

My original title was 2xT-38's but I was reading from a CUI source. Now I can share this link which shows 2xT-38:

https://www.laughlin.af.mil/News/Article/2848974/news-release-nov-19/

[di1630]

There are no more form t/o and landings in 38’s correct?

[HuskyPilot]

Form t/o is still a thing. No more form landings...low approach only.

[Craftsman]

2x 38’s down at Laughlin. Hoping for good answers. 

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/accident-involving-two-aircrafts-reported-at-laughlin-air-force-base/273-514dc72c-2d08-47da-b399-e7dab2c40ceb

Edited November 19, 2021 by Craftsman

[DuckHunter]

So tired of this.  This week sucks for the Red Bulls, and that was true prior to today. Prayers for all involved.

But let’s keep cutting training and delaying acquisitions of new stuff…seems to be working.

[Craftsman]

Laughlin just updated, 1 killed, 2 others injured. 🥃

[HuskyPilot]

1x dead 2x injured. Sad.

[MCO]

A toast…

[08Dawg]

Four years almost to the day since Paul Barbour’s crash…what the hell is with November…

🥃

Edited November 20, 2021 by 08Dawg
Math

[DirkDiggler]

🥃 Rest easy brothers, not that there's ever a good time but doubly terrible with the holidays rapidly approaching.

[Prosuper]

Praying. My wife has a nephew there going through UPT . No news is good news, praying.

 

[Boomer6]

Almost 2 years to the day we lost two bros on a formation landing at END. I guess we have to lose ppl before we can cut syllabus items that are is irrelevant in the CAF.

[black hills tj]

November is a terrible month for Laughlin.  Thoughts go out to all the Red Bulls.  Hook 'em.

 

 

A nickel...

[Prozac]

Well fuck. 🍺🍺

[StoleIt]

Damn, this shit is happening too often.

 

Him, him.

[texancrier]

4 hours ago, 08Dawg said:

Four years almost to the day since Paul Barbour’s crash…what the hell is with November…

🥃

2 years almost to the day since the Vance T-38 crash in 2019. 
 

🥃

[M2]

4 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

@M2

Double posted in Squadron Bar.

Threads merged.

[HuggyU2]

5 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

I guess we have to lose ppl before we can cut syllabus items that are is irrelevant in the CAF.

I would say that I'm of the opinion that your comment is misplaced, not well thought out, unprofessional and poorly timed.  

But we can discuss it in the future when we actually have some facts about what happened, rather than hashing out opinions and speculation before we even know the names of those involved... people we share the uniform with... in this tragic and unfortunate mishap.  

Edited November 20, 2021 by HuggyU2

[Boomer6]

6 hours ago, HuggyU2 said:

I would say that I'm of the opinion that your comment is misplaced, not well thought out, unprofessional and poorly timed.  

But we can discuss it in the future when we actually have some facts about what happened, rather than hashing out opinions and speculation before we even know the names of those involved... people we share the uniform with... in this tragic and unfortunate mishap.  

You’re right. I shouldn’t have posted it.

Not an excuse, but I’m tired of losing good friends and students to accidents because the syllabus requires an event that’s no longer done in the CAF.

[DEVIL]

A friend of mine in white jets told me DLF is at 75% or more FAIPs…is this true?

[WheelsOff]

17 minutes ago, DEVIL said:

A friend of mine in white jets told me DLF is at 75% or more FAIPs…is this true?

The 87th was about ~65% FAIP when I went TDY there back in 2020 to help augment their manning for a few weeks…so it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s accurate, especially now with the airlines hiring again. 

[HerkDriver87]

Student pilot identified by Laughlin as the fatality in the mishap.

 

Him, him.

[Bigred]

Name released

https://www.foxnews.com/us/air-force-pilot-killed-in-runway-mishap-identified

🍺 

[M2]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43357/t-38-jets-in-recent-fatal-crash-were-executing-a-formation-approach-report

"Two T-38 Talon jet trainers that were involved in a fatal accident last month at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas were performing a formation approach at the time, according to a report from the San Antonio Express-News newspaper. The Air Force has also now confirmed to The War Zone that Colonel Nathan Thompson, the second in command of the 47th Flying Training Wing, the main unit at Laughlin, was in one of the jets at the time. T-38 pilots assigned to Air Education and Training Command units, such as the 47th, have been banned from conducting formation landings, a similar maneuver, in virtually all situations in the wake of a different deadly mishap two years ago."