Originally Posted by
clark y
gotta luv tweedle beedle battles.
time to jump in my plane (its a jumbo) and fly away (that'll annoy a few)
Must be a lot of stressed out people with too much time on their hands out there if we are more worried about radio phraseology that figuring out why an F35 rammed a Herc. I just what to know what happened.
Well, we're unlikely to find out that here until initial results of the accident investigation are published. Meanwhile there has been an important issued raised (highlighted by this accident) of differing military emergency alerts within and without US airspace. This isn't about phraseology, it is about sticking to internationally agreed procedures in an emergency situation. They are there to help save lives and do not encourage regional variations. The USA is a huge country but the World is humongous! So stick to the script!
Oh, and just to repeat yet again, the Herc crew achieved a fantastic result to walk away from this. Even if they had been unable to talk to anyone and arrived in the strawberry/carrot/whatever patch unannounced they would still have achieved a fantastic result.
The issue of US military emergency alerts is generic, not specific. It should be a concern to all professional aviators. You know, the ones this site is supposed to be for?.