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| Afghanistan |
| Harrier Pilot Earns "Oh My A$$" Card |
| 2010-06-04 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #4 Watch that glide angle Nigel. Don't know what the pilot was thinking coming in like that. The firefighters were damn lucky the 2 bombs and esp. the Sidewinders(?) he was carrying did not go off. May 15: Dramatic escape for pilot who ejected as his RAF Harrier jet crashed in Afghanistan Crash & Rescue on a coffee break? I'm pretty sure there was no declared emergency. The Crash Rescue firefighters were literally caught with their (firefighting) pants down. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-06-04 17:04 |
| #3 I gather that once you eject, your career is essentially over, because of the trauma to the spine. At least in peacetime. In low intensity conflict wartime, I imagine it still means that you get to know orthopedists by their first names, while waiting for the review board. Chiropractors in Colorado, near the academy, see some flight cadets a lot, prior to their medical evaluation, because they could get washed out over even a tiny kink. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-04 12:33 |
| #2 Somebody just got a new nickname. Nice to see the 'chute works at low altitude. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-06-04 12:08 |
| #1 Crash & Rescue on a coffee break? The truck from the Hot Spot is almost beat to the wreck by the two trucks from the barn. 1 1/2 minutes is sloooow. Many times I watched our trucks chase accidents while they were still sliding down the runway. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-04 11:39 |