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Air Force finds 'apparent wreckage' of missing F-22
Chicago Tribune ^
| 11/17/2010
| n/a
Posted on 11/17/2010 2:31:06 PM PST by Pyro7480
The Air Force says they have found the apparent wreckage of the F-22 that went missing Tuesday night.
A rescue team is being deployed to the area approximately 100 miles north of Anchorage.
The jet, from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, was on a training mission when it lost contact with air traffic control Tuesday night. The plane carries one pilot.
The Alaska Air National Guard is leading the search effort, using three helicopters and a cargo plane. In a news release, the guard says the F-22 was flying with another fighter, which also lost contact with it....
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; crash; f22
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:31:10 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:32:39 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Pyro7480
No surprise but it’s sad news nonetheless.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:33:05 PM PST
by
Artemis Webb
(I support Alvin Greene as the Democrats next nominee for President of the United States!)
To: jagusafr
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:34:12 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:34:49 PM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Artemis Webb
May he RIP and may God Be With his Family.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:35:01 PM PST
by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
To: Pyro7480
near Denali National Park
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:35:17 PM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Pyro7480
Pray the pilot ejected....
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:35:27 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: neodad
Praying!!! But the Brave PILOT is now hopefully with GOD, if the PILOT didn’t survive....Its not looking like the crash was survivable by now.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:42:53 PM PST
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Greatest President :George W. Bush!!)
To: neodad
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:43:12 PM PST
by
catbertz
To: Artemis Webb
Why the no suprise comment AW ?
Isn’t this first crash of the F22 ?
Hope the PJ’s find the pilot alive.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:44:01 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Pyro7480
Prayers that the pilot may somehow have survived.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:48:04 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: Pyro7480
I went with an AF fighter pilot for 12 years and one of my closest friends since 1979 is a retired AF fighter pilot and it just breaks my heart whenever I hear about this. I remember one night at Eglin, Sleepy called, said hello and then said he had to run. I thought it was the strangest thing that he called for no apparent reason until later on the news they reported about a midair collision between two F-15s over the Gulf with one making it back to the base. Shortly thereafter, I started getting calls from wives of other pilots to see if I’d heard from him. Seems that’s what “the family” does...if there’s an accident, you call your loved one, friend, etc., so they realized that you were ok and then all the wives and friends could contact with each other to make sure that each one was ok. It was an eye opener.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:52:14 PM PST
by
BamaDi
("The definition of a racist today is anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.")
To: Pyro7480
Prayers up for the pilot and strength for his family.
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posted on
11/17/2010 2:56:17 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Pyro7480
Prayers for the Pilot...
Do these aircraft have anything like the airlines Black Box...?
To: NormsRevenge; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; blam; SunkenCiv; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; tubebender
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Do these aircraft have anything like the airlines Black Box...? Flight control computer but I don't think it keeps a record while it's flying the plane. All they'll have to go on is the wingman's debrief and condition of the plane after the crash. If it exploded into bits it'll probably just be conjecture of what caused the crash.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:20:05 PM PST
by
hattend
(The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal. - Sarah Palin)
To: Squantos
Hope the PJ’s find the pilot alive. Amen to that!
To: Squantos
Think he was implying that this is what most SANE posters thought it might be; not the whacked out defection postings we have been seeing..
God Speed to the family and hope he was able to punch out...
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:28:53 PM PST
by
Michael Barnes
(Guilty of being White.)
To: ConservativeLawyer
Hopefully he ejected in time..... hate this stuff.
Hope yer well my friend !
Stay safe !
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:28:57 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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