F-15E down in Iraq
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F-15E down in Iraq
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. airmen were listed as missing on Tuesday after their F-15E warplane went down in Iraq on Sunday.
The two men and their aircraft, known as a Strike Eagle, were deployed from the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, the Defense Department said in a statement.
The cause of the incident was under investigation, the statement said, but it provided no details of any search and rescue operations.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. airmen were listed as missing on Tuesday after their F-15E warplane went down in Iraq on Sunday.
The two men and their aircraft, known as a Strike Eagle, were deployed from the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, the Defense Department said in a statement.
The cause of the incident was under investigation, the statement said, but it provided no details of any search and rescue operations.
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I'm a bit concerned as to what can bring down an F-15 in a country which is supposedly occupied and conquered (according to the media), and which has (apparently) no command or control, no radar, no airforce (bit like here), a dead or exiled leader, no communications, no effective military, and which is but days away from regime change.
Maybe the Fat Lady hasn't sung yet.
Goood luck and Godspeed to all out there.
Thoughts and prayers are with the crew and their families and mates.
Maybe the Fat Lady hasn't sung yet.
Goood luck and Godspeed to all out there.
Thoughts and prayers are with the crew and their families and mates.
Maybe you listen to the press too much.
One man with a manpad is all that's needed.
No one but the press has said the fat lady has sung. Far from it, the government has advised caution.
One man with a manpad is all that's needed.
No one but the press has said the fat lady has sung. Far from it, the government has advised caution.
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F-15 down
Rumour in theatre is that the F-15E was lost due to disorientation and CFIT not ground fire. A real waste whatever the cause but considering the flying hours being put in....
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WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- The Pentagon announced Friday the identity of an F-15 pilot whose aircraft went down in Iraq April 6. Capt. Eric B. Das, 30, of Amarillo, Texas, was killed in action while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Das was assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C..... The back-seat officer is still listed as missing.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday it identified the remains of the second of two Air Force officers killed when their F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft went down in Iraq on April 7.
The Pentagon said Maj. William R. Watkins III of Danville, Va., was the weapons system officer on the F-15E when it went down during a combat mission near Tikrit, north of Baghdad. The pilot was Capt. Eric B. Das, of Amarillo, Texas. His remains were identified last week. Watkins, 37, was assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
The Pentagon has not said whether the F-15E was shot down or was lost under other circumstances.
That leaves only one U.S. service member still listed as missing from the war -- Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, of Brownsville, Texas, missing since his convoy was ambushed March 23 in Iraq.
The Pentagon said Maj. William R. Watkins III of Danville, Va., was the weapons system officer on the F-15E when it went down during a combat mission near Tikrit, north of Baghdad. The pilot was Capt. Eric B. Das, of Amarillo, Texas. His remains were identified last week. Watkins, 37, was assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
The Pentagon has not said whether the F-15E was shot down or was lost under other circumstances.
That leaves only one U.S. service member still listed as missing from the war -- Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, of Brownsville, Texas, missing since his convoy was ambushed March 23 in Iraq.
