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- A Russian bomber was seen nose diving today too.by 2OEH8eoCRo0
- Is there something systemic behind these frequent incidents with military aircraft? It is using old, legacy equipment? Is it due to using rushed, streamlined procedures designed for war-time even outside an active battle environment? Are there just many, many military flights daily so statistically one will be in the news every couple weeks?
IMO the danger to US service members outside of combat seems way too high. It's a well known fact most fatalities occur during training than during combat. (Sure this due to there being many more training exercises than active combat engagements but from a policy perspective it is very worrying).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident...
- F-18 went down the other day as well.by verzali
- Statement put out by Edwards AFB, press conference scheduled for 4:15pm PDT.
https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Display/Article/4517897/b-52...
by Jtsummers - Edwards Air Base is supposed to be testing new engines for the B-52J upgrade. I wonder if this test flight was part of that program.by undersuit
- Video of the 1994 B-52 crash at Fairchild Air Force Base:
- https://ktla.com/news/california/b52-bomber-crash-edwards-ai... - Another report, includes an image of the crash site and more than just two paragraphs.by Jtsummers
- I hope the crew are okay, but from the look of the aftermath and the fact there's no mention of the crew yet, I assume not all survived. Shortly after takeoff is one of the most challenging times for an incident. Low altitude, low-speed and full fuel means things can go very bad, very fast.by mrandish