2 F-18's down North Carolina

newmann
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5/26/2016 11:41am Edited Date/Time 5/27/2016 6:05pm
4 crew members okay.

http://www.witn.com/content/news/Two-Navy-jets-crash-off-Oregon-Inlet-3…

DARE COUNTY, NC (WITN) - The Coast Guard says two Navy jets crashed off the Oregon Inlet this morning after they collided.

The F/A-18 Super Hornets were stationed in at NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach.

The Coast Guard says a commercial fishing boat, the Jamie, recovered the four crew members who were in the water.

A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter from Elizabeth City hoisted the survivors and flew them to a hospital in Norfolk. At the hospital, two crew members were taken from the helicopter in stretchers. Both were alert.

A second Coast Guard helicopter landed with the other two crew members who walked into the hospital.

The crash was first reported around 10:30 a.m. and occurred some 25 miles off the coast.

Navy spokesman Ensign Mark Rockwellpate says the two jets were on a routine training mission when they collided.

Rockwellpate didn't have information about the extent of the crew members injuries.

He says a safety investigation will be carried out to determine what happened.
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5/26/2016 2:33pm
Glad they're OK. Very unusual.
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5/26/2016 4:45pm
They flew too close to each other.

Investigation closed, where do I get the 2.7mil I just saved the Navy?

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5/26/2016 8:54pm
KMC440 wrote:
They flew too close to each other.

Investigation closed, where do I get the 2.7mil I just saved the Navy?
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5/26/2016 9:28pm
A b-2 hit a fire truck last week.
Holy shit! At what altitude?
I'm guessing anywhere from 6-10' above the Guam airbase runway so...........

624-628ft above sea level?
PalerBlue
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5/27/2016 4:53am
It's been a pretty expensive couple of weeks for the US defense dept 1 B52, 2 F18's and a B1. Start saving up boys!,
newmann
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5/27/2016 9:11am
PalerBlue wrote:
It's been a pretty expensive couple of weeks for the US defense dept 1 B52, 2 F18's and a B1. Start saving up boys!,
You forgot the Harrier that was lost recently. Unfortunately all that money that everyone seems to think goes to the military doesn't seem to be getting there. I hear there are quite a few broken down aircraft sitting around these days with no money to repair. Training missions with no aircraft overhead doesn't make for good training. But good thing our politicians sure in the hell aren't doing without.
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5/27/2016 6:05pm
If Navy spokesman Ensign Rockwellpate actually said "the 2 jets", he's likely a seaman now.

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