Posted on 02/22/2008 7:24:28 PM PST by AzSteven
Which brings me to ask a question nobody ever asks:
Since 9-11, have more military people died in Iraq and Afghanistan -------or outside Iraq and Afghanistan?
100 non existent. Guam is a US territory but either end of the runway it crashed is secured by hard jungle or treacherous currents. If it went in the water then the US Navy and Coast Guard could have the area secured in moments. It's said that Jacques Cousteau declared that specific area unsafe to dive.
Most likely the crash site could still be on base, but in a pinch Marines can be called in if needed.
No, the one that is famous is Two Lovers Point up a bit north of Agana. The one I posted is another cliff on Orote Point, the southern jaw of the mouth of Apra Harbor. Guam is full of stunning cliffs.
Ever get out to the “tank farm” where there were Japanese Army tanks still on the island?
Do they still warn people about using caution in the restroom at Tarague Beach due to monitor lizards mistaking certain body parts for their favorite diner of snakes?
I never heard of the monitor lizard warning!!
You lose one to an accident or an enemies’ “ golden BB “ and 5% of your ENTIRE fleet is wiped out.
To put this in perspective, it would be the equivalent of losing 37 B-52's or over 600 B-17s at one stroke. Can we afford to lose a war over 20 lucky shots ?
It’s interesting that the first 6 aircraft were initially authorized in Fiscal Year 1982.
At least it doesn’t sound like it ended up in the water next to “Screaming Charlie’s” B-52.
Heard they got a lot of snakes on the Island of Guam.
We have a few of Lancers. The loss of one B2 isn’t something we can’t recover from. In fact, I’m sure its replacement is already flying, albeit at night, in the middle of nowhere.
Yep, they were cut up. Alas.
I wonder how much it would cost to re-open a line to make an updated B-52. It coudn’t cost that much, if you bought them in quantity. It’s old tech, after all. Keep the airframe the same, add modern avionics and engines.
Order a thousand of them. That would be pretty sweet. Once you’ve finnished SEAD operations, Arc Light, Arc Light.
Very likely, they hit wake turbulence from the B-2 that took off just ahead of them, and it made them roll enough to catch a wing-tip. The pilots would eject as their aircraft slid and started to break up.
That’s a big media generated nothing of a story. Yes, there are small basically harmless (except to birds) brown tree snakes. But unless you go out at night with a flashlight looking for one, you will not see one.
I used to live in Yigo. I remember Guam fondly.
Not sure, but there was another crash recently off Guam.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23302483/
The accident occurred 11 days after a Navy plane crashed into the ocean about 20 miles northeast of Guam’s Ritidian Point. Four aircrew members ejected from the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft and were rescued by helicopter.
The B1B is the superior aircraft...and we have about 70 of those operational. Another 25 or so “mothballed”.
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