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2010-06-04 Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-04 11:26|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#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|| 2010-06-04 11:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Somebody just got a new nickname. Nice to see the 'chute works at low altitude.

Posted by SteveS 2010-06-04 12:08|| 2010-06-04 12:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-06-04 12:33|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-06-04 17:04|| Front Page Top

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