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2011-03-22 Africa North

US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi

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Posted by Steve White 2011-03-22 07:54|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 And now we'll find out if they really appreciate the effort or not.

Posted by gorb 2011-03-22 10:03|| 2011-03-22 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 AF.mil: Both crew members ejected and are safe.

The aircraft, based out of RAF Lakenheath, England, was flying out of Aviano Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn at the time of the incident.

The identities will be released after the next of kin have been notified.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-22 10:53|| 2011-03-22 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Fox is now saying that they ejected at fairly high altitude and got separated. The Marines got one out with an Osprey and the rebels got the other one and got him to the proper authorities.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-03-22 10:54|| 2011-03-22 10:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Photos

Posted by tipper 2011-03-22 11:15|| 2011-03-22 11:15|| Front Page Top

#5 WTF are we doing in the middle east? Does anyone know who these 'rebels' are? Does anyone care that Iraq and Afghanistan are declared 'Islamic Republics'? For Ch***ts sake, Iran declared war on the US, by invading us, in 1979! Why aren't we bombing the sh%t out of that country?

Posted by jim 2011-03-22 11:32|| 2011-03-22 11:32|| Front Page Top

#6 From the photos it looks like the Tornado is on a anti-vehicle rather than anti-building role...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-03-22 11:38|| 2011-03-22 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 General purpose loadout. 2 Paveways and 3 Brimstone.

Posted by Oscar Spineck3066 2011-03-22 13:01|| 2011-03-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Totally agree Jim.

Pakistan and Iran should be are targets not Libya!

Posted by Paul 2011-03-22 13:42|| 2011-03-22 13:42|| Front Page Top

#9 we may never know if the crash occurred because the pilot was trying to follow a complex ROE and had to make maneuvers beyond the aircraft's capability.

but that is possible

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-03-22 14:09|| 2011-03-22 14:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Qadaffy forces continue to advance in some areas. The rebel forces simply do not have the proper boots on the ground to stop the advances. Obama and Hillary encouraged up risings in the middle east. Things unravel now is their fault.

By the way, the rebels are hard core Islamists. Look at thier flag.

Posted by Whetle Sforza7514 2011-03-22 14:25|| 2011-03-22 14:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Heard on the web: "when we elected O he promised we would not have two wars for long, now we have three."

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-03-22 16:54|| 2011-03-22 16:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Whettle, you are a Dumbass. That flag is the Libyan Flag prior to Daffy's military coup. From wikipedia

The flag of the Kingdom of Libya was adopted when Libya gained independence in 1951 from Italy. It consisted of a white crescent-and-star on a triband red-black-green design, with the central black band being twice the width of the outer bands. The design was based on the banner of the Senussi dynasty from Cyrenaica

(19511969)

Posted by No I am The Other Beldar 2011-03-22 16:57|| 2011-03-22 16:57|| Front Page Top

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