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2023-11-12 -Land of the Free

US aircraft ‘training accident’ crash in Eastern Med UPDATE 5 dead during refueling mishap

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Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2023-11-12 07:12|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top

#1 Two questions answers yet unknown.
(1) What type of aircraft
(2) Did this have to do with the launch and recovery systems on the Ford?

Posted by ed in texas 2023-11-12 10:55|| 2023-11-12 10:55|| Front Page Top

Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2023-11-12 12:31|| 2023-11-12 12:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Comment at the Times of Israel link says:
God bless them. No media outlet is releasing any details about the aircraft or the crew, but with a crew of 5 it might be an Awacs radar and surveillance plane.

Refueling is that thing where two planes fly one close behind the other and transfer flammable liquids in mid-air with a hose.

Posted by SteveS 2023-11-12 12:42|| 2023-11-12 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Steve,

AWACS has a crew of - depending on circumstances - 20 or more. It might be a KC-135 tanker, or a C-130.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-11-12 13:25|| 2023-11-12 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 KC-135 airframes are OLD. They were flying those out of Bunker Hill/Grissom AFB when I was in my teens, growing up nearby, and I'm pushing 70 now.

Posted by Nero 2023-11-12 13:35|| 2023-11-12 13:35|| Front Page Top

#6 ...Fox is saying they were SF on a Blackhawk.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-11-12 17:19|| 2023-11-12 17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Much more likely.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-12 18:52|| 2023-11-12 18:52|| Front Page Top

#8
Five US Army special forces troops are killed as MH-60 Black Hawk crashes into the Mediterranean Sea during 'refueling training mission'

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-11-12 18:58|| 2023-11-12 18:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Supposedly more US tonight in Syria.

This started with an AWACS and ends with a BlackHawk with all SOF on board inflight refueling.

Not looking good

Posted by newc 2023-11-12 22:27|| 2023-11-12 22:27|| Front Page Top

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