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2 F-16's collided (Read 237 times)
Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:27am

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Crews search for F-16 pilot whose plane collided with another jet during training off SC coast


CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Crews searched more than 750 square miles of the Atlantic on Friday for an F-16 fighter pilot whose plane hit another fighter mid-air during night training exercises off the South Carolina coast.

The two planes collided Thursday around 8:30 p.m. about 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston, said Senior Master Sgt. Brad Fallin at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter. Both jets, based at Shaw, are single-seat aircraft.

One jet, piloted by Capt. Lee Bryant, landed safely at Charleston Air Force Base, Fallin said. Bryant was examined at the base but had suffered no injuries and was released, Fallin said. The spokesman did not know where Bryant was early Friday.

Search crews had not yet found the missing plane or its pilot, Capt. Nicholas Giglio, Fallin said.

It was cloudy and raining with 3-foot seas at the time of the crash, the Coast Guard said. There were occasional showers early Friday as the Coast Guard searched with a helicopter, a C-130 airplane, a cutter and two smaller boats.

"It doesn't make it easier but we're still able to fly and do our jobs," Coast Guard Petty Officer Bobby Nash said.

The pilots' hometowns and ages were not immediately available.

Fallin said he didn't know how much damage Bryant's plane sustained. Fallin said it was being examined as part of the investigation.

Earlier this week, Shaw Air Force Base announced that pilots would be conducting nighttime exercises to allow pilots to fly with night vision equipment and practice tactics critical to surviving in combat.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-f-16-collision,0,188483...


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Search and rescue personnel we immediately dispatched from Charleston to to assist in the operation.

Involved in the search are:

—An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Facility Charleston

—The Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin from Charleston

—A Coast Guard Station Charleston small boat

http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/south_carolina/article/pilot_sought...


I hope they find the pilot floating on some type of debris, and he is ok. I worked last night, and the weather was pretty crappy, low visibility, and steady rain for hours, every thing you don't want while searching, and it was moving real slow in the direction they are searching.

I got to see the aircraft when I went to do a check to make sure the hydrazine was not leaking, or any hydraulics or jet fuel, after it was recovered, and it look like some one took a big sledge hammer to different places of the plane.
 

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Reply #1 - Oct 16th, 2009 at 4:47pm

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Dang, I sure hope they find him. Sad
 

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Reply #2 - Oct 18th, 2009 at 10:05pm

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Well bad news, they think when the 2nd plane came up under the first that it hit the cockpit, and he never got a chance to eject. So now they are search for the plane to try and recover the remains.

Very sad day. Cry
 

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