Ukrainian Su-27 down
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Ukrainian Su-27 down
It looks like both pilots were sadly killed. The backseater was an ANG Eagle driver. RIP chaps.
https://defence-blog.com/news/su-27-...n-ukraine.html
https://defence-blog.com/news/su-27-...n-ukraine.html
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Sad news indeed.
And some other interesting stories via that link. F15 from LK doing cable engagement, and a Russian drone shot down.
And some other interesting stories via that link. F15 from LK doing cable engagement, and a Russian drone shot down.
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The Eagle driver has been named as Lt. Col. Seth "Jethro" Nehring, assigned to the 194th FS. So sad - R.I.P. Sir.
I don't know if the Flanker driver has been named.
I don't know if the Flanker driver has been named.
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Some information was published yesterday about the aircraft itself. They say that the plane was built and put in service in 1991 and then "written off" and conservated in 2009 because the resource of major systems exhausted the value. But in 2014 it was put in service again with no serious modernization or repair (by hearsay), just got new colours.
Nevertheless, there is no information so far about any major system failure reported by the crew prior to the crash.
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For Seth and Col. Petrenko Ivan Nikolaevich
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
I met Seth a few times when I lived in California. I flew with a friend into the Fresno Chandler Airshow and Seth and another 194th FS pilot came to look around our airplane. A few weeks later they hosted me out at the squadron and let me fly the sim and have a tour. He told me he lived to fly and was a real “sky whore”. A good guy.
For Seth and Col. Petrenko Ivan Nikolaevich
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
For Seth and Col. Petrenko Ivan Nikolaevich
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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The public is invited to celebrate his life as Jethro is laid to rest. Thanks to Southwest Airlines for bringing their fallen airman home.
https://abc30.com/amp/fallen-air-for...ssion/4696685/
Lt. Col. Seth "Jethro" Nehring will be coming home Saturday. He will be flown by Southwest Airlines directly to the 144th Fighter Wing's ramp arriving at approx. 11:30 am. There will be a memorial for family members, invited guests of the family, fellow Airmen and their families before the graveside service at the Clovis Cemetery located at 305 N. Villa Ave. at 2:00 pm. At 2:10 pm, there will be a F-15 Eagle missing-man formation flown overhead as part of the military honors for Lt. Col. Nehring.
For those who would like to show their respect as Lt. Col. Nehring is transported to his final resting place, the procession will depart the base at approx. 1:00 pm and proceed to the cemetery via the following route:
McKinley to Clovis (East)
Clovis to Fifth (North)
Fifth to Bullard (West)
Bullard to Villa (West)
Villa to Clovis Cemetery (North)
McKinley to Clovis (East)
Clovis to Fifth (North)
Fifth to Bullard (West)
Bullard to Villa (West)
Villa to Clovis Cemetery (North)
