Originally Posted by
Bfah
Just a question about the missing F15 crew member (apologies if spoken about before...).
I assume that they have beacons for SAR, so maybe the beacon is faulty?
Do they have food/water pouchs etc?
Do they carry gold coins etc, (like the SAS (Andy McNab in Bravo Two Zero mentions handing over)).?
If both ejected 'around' the same time, I wonder what the proximity would be and surely the other pilot would have had eyes on him?
If the seat failed to eject, then the body would have been in the cockpit and all over the Iranian news.
Maybe the rescued pilot saw the eject but no chutes (seat to still be found)...?
Obvioulsy, they have evasion training, but water and shelter (food in at least a week), is going to be prime, but if no comms, it's going to be tough...
Hopefully a good outcome will ensue,,,
I'm assuming they will have a HOOK3 combat survival radio, capable of sending encrypted GPS information, user identification and sitreps to Quickdraw2 kit plugged into any CSAR aircraft. It's line of sight UHF, so range will be up to something like 90 miles terrain dependent. The survival pack will have (limited) water pouches and very limited sustenance. I'm not sure about the gold coins...but if it's the same as the UK in Afghanistan, there will be a promissory note on the back of an escape map that promises to pay the bearer reward for safe passage of the holder.