Posted on 07/20/2008 9:45:42 PM PDT by kristinn
Ktal has learned that a B-52 deployed from Barksdale crashed in the waters off Guam this morning. TheB-52 was scheduled to fly in Guam's Liberation Day parade, when for unknown reasons, the aircraft crashed. An extensive search is underway for the 6 crew members aboard that aircraft ...Their conditions are unknown.... we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available to us.
Prayers sent.
Amen. Let’s hope and pray for the best and for the safe return of our crew members.
According to the AP, the Coast Guard is reporting two people, condition unknown, have been taken from the water.
Didn’t a B2 Spirit crash in Guam recently?
That sucks.
Wasn’t it the Chamorros (Guamians) who christened the B-52 “BUFF” (”Big Ugly Fat Fella”)?
According to the Pacific Daily News, the crash occurred 25 miles north of Apra Harbor.
On 23 February 2008, B-2 s/n 89-0127, named Spirit of Kansas, crashed onto the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.[24] The crash of the Spirit of Kansas, which had 5,100 flight hours, was the first ever for the B-2. Both pilots ejected before the crash and survived, but the aircraft was completely destroyed, at an estimated loss of US $1.4B.[25] No munitions were on board because it and three other B-2s were returning to Whiteman Air Force Base from a temporary deployment to Guam.
Well fella is PC for the real nickname......:o)
Robert Shikina
rshikina@starbulletin.com
An Air Force B-52 bomber crashed off the coast of Guam today with six personnel on board, Coast Guard and Air Force officials said. The bomber crashed about 25 miles northwest of Apra Harbor in Guam, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Luke Clayton.
Coast Guard officials received a call about 3 p.m. (Hawaii time) after a jet flew over the wreckage, Clayton said. Coast Guard crew members were helping the Guam fire department and the Navy look for the crew members.
Coast Guard rescuers found at least one man and took him aboard the Guam-based 110-foot Cutter Assateague. His condition was not available, Clayton said.
Philip Breeze, chief of public relations for the 15th Airlift Wing based at Hickam Air Force Base, said B-52s are stationed at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam.
Pacific Air Forces, based at Hickam, oversees Andersen Air Force Base.
The B-52, with its 185-foot wingspan and more than 160-foot length, is the country's first long-range, swept-wing heavy bomber, according to its maker, Boeing.
I know, I know.
By the way, a recent book, “Always Faithful” by a former USMC scout dog unit veterinarian who participated in the liberation of Guam gives an excellent description of what it was like. Especially when, as the Japanese are driven back, he finds it necessary to to take on human patients from the brutalized native inhabitants.
Thank you.
Prayers for the crew and families that they’re okay.
Someone at KTAL needs to edit the picture in the article. That’s no B-52.
Prayers for the crew.
At the bottom of my homepage on FR there is a link too a few PDF books like stopping power.......
I will go find Always Faithful on your recommendation !
thanks !
Prayers Up for my home town guys,,,
It really sucks if your the navigator and the radar navigator if the S4!t hits the fan at low level....
Prayers Up.
Prayers for the crew.
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