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#4019776 - 10/08/14 03:36 PM
Jet Down in UK
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Pilot believed to be safe BBC News
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#4019784 - 10/08/14 03:42 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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Well, as long as everyone walked away OK then it's just a cool looking explosion
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#4019788 - 10/08/14 03:48 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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well also an expensive explosion
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#4019789 - 10/08/14 03:49 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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I'm guessing the cause was some sort of mechanical failure but I'll be curious to see what the investigation discovers. I'd also be curious to know how old that F-15 airframe was.
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#4020161 - 10/09/14 10:02 AM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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BBC reporting that the plane flew on pilotless for quite a while: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-29540706RedToo.
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#4020165 - 10/09/14 10:16 AM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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#4020204 - 10/09/14 12:44 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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They haven't made an F-15D in over 25 years, so it wasn't new. How well it was maintained is a separate issue, after all the B-52s are all over 45 years old and they're not dropping like flies.
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#4020297 - 10/09/14 04:11 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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86-0182 is the BUNO, I'm sure a lot of hours and G's on that plane.
Glad he's ok
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#4020406 - 10/09/14 07:56 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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They haven't made an F-15D in over 25 years, so it wasn't new. How well it was maintained is a separate issue, after all the B-52s are all over 45 years old and they're not dropping like flies.
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#4020407 - 10/09/14 07:58 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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I just checked, and the last B-52 (#61-040) rolled off the production line 22 JUN 1962.
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#4020544 - 10/10/14 01:55 AM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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Every time 48FW is in the news, it makes me miss Lakenheath. I was on duty when we had an F-15E's left main gear snap on touchdown. I personally saw it happen. It skidded off the left side of the runway, and the cockpit snapped off right behind the WSO. Both survived, and I believe both eventually went back to flight duty.
I was also there (though not on duty) when one of them went through a hush house door on afterburner. With the crew chief in the seat.
Glad to hear that there were no serious injuries.
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#4020764 - 10/10/14 04:16 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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I'd also be curious to know how old that F-15 airframe was. 1986 by the tail number.
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#4020772 - 10/10/14 04:35 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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I'd also be curious to know how old that F-15 airframe was. 1986 by the tail number. Thanks for that info!
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#4020783 - 10/10/14 05:05 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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Isn't that the year the contract was let, not the necessarily the year the airframe was made?
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#4020794 - 10/10/14 05:32 PM
Re: Jet Down in UK
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Isn't that the year the contract was let, not the necessarily the year the airframe was made? Starting on July 1, 1921 (the beginning of FY 1922) a new serial number system was adopted based on procurement within each Fiscal Year. Each serial number now consisted of a base number corresponding to the last two digits of the FY in which money was allocated to manufacture the aircraft, and a sequence number indicating the sequential order in which the particular aircraft was ordered within that particular FY. For example, airplane 22-1 was the first aircraft ordered in FY 1922, 23-1 was the first example ordered in FY 1923, etc. This system is still in use today.
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#4021102 - 10/11/14 08:41 AM
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AFAIK the names of the crews on that mission are still classified.
Last time I think they were in the news was for sending F-15Cs to the Baltics a few months back, when the tensions in Ukraine were kicking off.
I read Air Force Times and follow @48FighterWing on Twitter to keep up with them.
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