BUFF 8 Posted February 20, 2008 MIAMI — Two fighter pilots are missing after their jets collided in mid-air off the Florida Panhandle Wednesday during a training mission. Search and rescue teams are en route to the crash while the conditions of the two pilots is unknown. The two F-15 C Eagle fighter jets disappeared about 3 p.m. ET off the Florida Panhandle over the Gulf of Mexico, said Eglin Air Force Base spokesman Sgt. Brian Jones. The Coast Guard sent three helicopters, a plane and two boats to the scene. "We don't know what led to the disappearance," said Master Sgt. Andrew Leonhard, an Air Force spokesman. "We had no contact from the pilots." The crash occurred about 50 miles south of Tyndall Air Force Base Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atreides 144 Posted February 20, 2008 Damn ! I hope they find those pilot's alive and well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gocad 26 Posted February 20, 2008 According to CNN the pilots have been rescued. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 643 Posted February 20, 2008 Damn! For maybe the next 7 days can we not have anything bad about F-15s please BUFF? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PIGHUNTA69 0 Posted February 20, 2008 WOW! Maybe all these crashes have something to do with the falling satellite. Its all bad juju mon. Nah, just kidding, hopefully the pilots are alive and well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted February 20, 2008 Pilots are safe. Looks like a mid air. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atreides 144 Posted February 20, 2008 Glad to hear that the pilots are safe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+drdoyo 2 Posted February 21, 2008 MAN!! I'm glad to hear they are safe!! My flight schedule took me up to Tallahassee and back this morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbolt 104 Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) F-15 in Hall of Doomed Edited February 21, 2008 by Silverbolt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUFF 8 Posted February 21, 2008 Damn! For maybe the next 7 days can we not have anything bad about F-15s please BUFF? I don't make the news, merely pass it on ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Major Lee 18 Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331558,00.html Time for the F-15 to head for the nearest museums... This is starting to get out of hand... Edited February 21, 2008 by Major Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DWCAce 19 Posted February 21, 2008 Bad year to be an Eagle driver.... :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ironroad 218 Posted February 21, 2008 Good to hear the drivers have been rescued and I hope they are ok. Goes to show, aviation is a dangerous business and requires ballz, skills, and a lot of wisdom (to work, fly, and maintain.) Regardless, I still love the eagle, and I hope the men and women who trouble shoot'em can get all of the kinks out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayethWhaaaa 245 Posted February 21, 2008 Just heard one of the pilots rescued has died... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23250762-2,00.html That sucks hard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted February 21, 2008 Damn one did die. :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted February 21, 2008 i saw in the Israeli news that the pilot died.. real shame that happened!!! <S> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparkomatic 7 Posted February 21, 2008 Bad year to be an Eagle driver.... :( You are wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echoco 0 Posted February 22, 2008 Anyone for an Air Force conspiracy? Staging F-15 aircraft collision and structural failurs to get congress to allow more funding for F-22 to replace them. paranoia is bliss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 643 Posted February 22, 2008 Anyone for an Air Force conspiracy? Staging F-15 aircraft collision and structural failurs to get congress to allow more funding for F-22 to replace them. paranoia is bliss No. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted February 22, 2008 Thinking pilots will willingly crash into each other to try and "prove" their planes need replacing is not a conspiracy theory, it's just stupidity. Who would sacrifice themselves like that??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FastCargo 412 Posted February 22, 2008 Anyone for an Air Force conspiracy? Staging F-15 aircraft collision and structural failurs to get congress to allow more funding for F-22 to replace them. paranoia is bliss What is wrong with you? A flyer who thought he was going to get some good training in is now dead! And you have the gall to even if jokingly suggest it was deliberate? Do you know how many friends I've seen buried in accidents like this? Nice. FastCargo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caesar 305 Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) Not gonna buy that. A midair is not a reason to replace a plane. The plane's stick actuator causes a midair, and the stick actuator is made of flesh and bone. Edited February 22, 2008 by Caesar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) Anyone for an Air Force conspiracy? Staging F-15 aircraft collision and structural failurs to get congress to allow more funding for F-22 to replace them. paranoia is bliss there is something fundamentally wrong and mentally sick with people who invent conspiracy theories, particularly with a dead pilot who was killed in an air to air accident. the suggestion is incredibly offensive. I lost far too many friends and shipmates in aircraft accidents to let some piece of garbage like you toss some sick piece of a mentally psychotic accusation onto a tragic accident and dishonor a brave and dead pilot. Edited February 22, 2008 by Typhoid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparkomatic 7 Posted February 23, 2008 Dave, here as well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
