06 December 2018, 02:41
Opus1Breaking - KC-130 & F/A-18 Lost Off Japan
Hope there are survivors...
quote:
Marine KC-130 Aerial Tanker And F/A-18 Hornet Crash Off Japan
By JEFF SCHOGOL on December 5, 2018
A Marine Corps KC-130 aerial tanker and an F/A-18 Hornet have crashed off Japan, a defense official told Task & Purpose on Wednesday.
“Search and rescue operations continue for U.S. Marine aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around 2:00 a.m. Dec. 6.,” a Marine Corps news release said.
“The aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and were conducting regularly scheduled training when the mishap occurred. Japanese search and rescue aircraft immediately responded to aid in recovery.”
A total of seven personnel were believed to be on board the two aircraft, according to ABC News’ Elizabeth McLaughlin.
No further information was yet known on exactly how many service members were aboard the two aircraft at the time or what their current status is.
06 December 2018, 03:58
Dulltool17I just heard the JDF rescued one Marine; search is ongoing for the other six.
Refueling at night has to be amazingly risky business.
06 December 2018, 04:09
RockdocRIP
Condolences to families and friends.
06 December 2018, 15:40
Opus1Update - Two rescued and five still missing.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...oast-rescue-way.html14 March 2019, 11:09
Todd Williamsquote:
Originally posted by Dulltool17:
Refueling at night has to be amazingly risky business.
Not really. Routine actually. For that matter, night refueling in IFR conditions is routine. For us (formerly) carrier based types, it was a skill we practiced and participated in every single launch ... most times twice per launch.
03 April 2019, 10:21
A7drvrYep; I flew the A-7E back during the Vietnam thingy. When we headed back to the ship after a mission we had 2 fun and game options: during day ops we would try to sneak up on the returning F-4s and make a few "turns" or we'd go plug the tankers and get as many prctice plugs as we could. At night we'd just plug the tankers until recovery time. The A-7 had long legs so we rarely had to actually take on fuel but seemed like we each had about 3 million practice plugs during the deployment.
03 April 2019, 18:45
Todd Williamsquote:
Originally posted by A7drvr:
Yep; I flew the A-7E back during the Vietnam thingy. When we headed back to the ship after a mission we had 2 fun and game options: during day ops we would try to sneak up on the returning F-4s and make a few "turns" or we'd go plug the tankers and get as many prctice plugs as we could. At night we'd just plug the tankers until recovery time. The A-7 had long legs so we rarely had to actually take on fuel but seemed like we each had about 3 million practice plugs during the deployment.
Ah, the pre-recovery games! Tomcats used to try and jump us in the stack for a few "turns". It's the only way they could get defensive HUD camera footage of us Hornet guys. They'd try and sneak it into the ship's nightly news reel somewhere if they did. Lo the Hornet driver that allowed it to happen!!
