Mid-air collision at Red Flag-Alaska

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Mid-air collision at Red Flag-Alaska

Post by FALCON56 » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:25 pm

There was a mid-air between a Nellis Aggressor and an F-15 from Langely... The F-15 pilot, Maj. Jason "Bondo" Costello ejected safely and was taken to a near by hospital.. Bondo was the '05 and '06 F-15 demo pilot from Langely... The F-16 pilot RTB safely...
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Re: Mid-air collision at Red Flag-Alaska

Post by STRIKER » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:10 pm

FALCON56 wrote: The F-16 pilot RTB safely...
You mean the F-15?
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Post by Airshow fan » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:37 pm

According to the Story posted at Airshowbuzz.com, It said that the F-16 Had minor problems and Returned to Base in okay Condition. The F-16 was based out of Nellis.
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Post by Atlas » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:52 pm

Air Force Jets Collide in Mid-Air
By JAMES HALPIN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An F-15 fighter jet crashed Monday after colliding in mid-air with another military jet during a training exercise, Air Force officials said. The other jet landed safely, and no one was seriously injured.

The pilot of the F-15C ejected safely and was taken a military hospital, said Airman Jennifer Anton, a spokeswoman at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. The pilot did not have serious injuries, she said.

The pilot of the other jet, an F-16C that landed safely, was uninjured, she said.

It was not immediately clear why the two jets collided at 11:23 a.m. local time during a training exercise about 90 miles east of Fairbanks in Alaska's interior, Anton said. A board of Air Force officers will investigate.

The crash happened at the Pacific Alaska Range Complex, a 60,000-acre training ground.

The $27 million F-15C that crashed was from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and the F-16C was from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

The Alaska Air National Guard took the F-15C pilot to Bassett Army Hospital at Fort Wainwright, also near Fairbanks, said McHugh Pierre, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

The training exercise includes more than 1,400 military members from the U.S., Singapore and Australia. The simulated combat exercise is scheduled to run through June 15, according to Eielson's Web site.

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Post by Atlas » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:54 pm

Some additional news.....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A simulated mission ended in a mid-air collision nearly 100 miles east of Fairbanks and Eielson Air Force Base today. Both pilots are OK.

The exercises are part of Red Flag Alaska, war games that involve more than 1,400 members of the military from the United States, Singapore and Australia.

The jets that collided were in an air space known as the Pacific Alaska Range Complex.

The missions subject air crews to simulations of threats they may encounter and cover every aspect of combat.

Sometime after 11 a.m., an F-15C from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia collided with an F-16C from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

The F-15's pilot ejected and the jet crashed. About an hour later the pilot was rescued uninjured, military officials said.

Meanwhile, the second jet returned to Eielson, where rescue crews met it on the tarmac. Officials there say that its pilot also was uninjured.

Lt. Bryon McGarry, deputy chief of public affairs for the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson, said officials are now focused on determining why the crash occurred, and recovering the downed F-15.

"Were coordinating with the state and local agencies to make sure that the safety of all of the individuals concerned, specifically the air crew or anyone that may be in the area, that their safety is secured and everyone is alright," McGarry said. "Then, obviously we begin looking at the causes of the incident, and that sort of thing is very closely scrutinized so we know exactly what happened. And we can learn from that and make sure this doesn't happen in the future."

Names of the pilots are being withheld by the Air Force because of the ongoing investigation.

Red Flag Alaska training exercises have been underway for about a week and a half. The specifics of the training mission the jets were engaged in have not been release

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Post by FALCON56 » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:46 pm

You mean the F-15?


No the F-15 crashed and the F-16 pilot brought the plane back to base...
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