Photos/Videos (NO DISCUSSION)

[Call911]

Not sure if any have seen this, sry if it's a re=post.Otherwise..enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsUKeqjFQM8

Sry not meaning to interupt current topic about crash an yes RIP

Edited May 3, 2013 by Call911

[swift]

An U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry, an airborne early warning and control system, receives fuel during an in-flight refueling mission from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, April 30, 2013. Airmen from the 340th EARS refuel a variety of coalition aircraft throughout the entire area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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Airmen from the 3rd and 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons perform a hot pit refuel with an F-22 here May 1. Hot pit refueling is a procedure performed in order to rapidly refuel the aircraft and allow it to complete a second sortie in a short amount of time. During a hot pit refuel the pilot will stay in the cockpit with the jet running while the maintenance crews perform safety checks and refuel the aircraft allowing it to return to flight in less than 30 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th Fighter Squadron taxi after returning to RAF Lakenheath April 28, 2013. Airmen and aircraft from the 494th FS were deployed to Southwest Asia for eight months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Linch)

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A B-1 bomber takes off from the flightline as part of a local training mission at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 15, 2012. The 28th Bomb Wing resumed flying local training missions on a very limited basis, May 1, 2013, and will continue this limited program through the end of the fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hrair H. Palyan/Released)

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WHEELUS AB, Libya - Two teams of specialists clear and load an F-100 aircraft with weapons. Team members (left to right) are A1C Charles Aldridge, A3C Robert Bates, A1C Darwin Anderson and SSgt. Jesse Crowe.

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WHEELUS AB, Libya - SSgt. Raliegh Evans, 348th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, loads a rocket into the pod of an F-100 aircraft preparing for a mission over El Uotia range.

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WHEELUS AB, Libya - While A2C John Edwards, the aircraft crew chief, checks the fuel gauges of a North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft before going on a mission. SSgt. L. Linville takes notes on a check list. Both are assigned to the 48th Organizational Maintenance Squadron.

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Twelve C-130Js from the 317th Airlift Group (AG), Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxi down the runway prior to participating in a joint force integration exercise April 25, 2013, at Dyess AFB. This first-of-its-kind exercise combined Dyess B-1s and C-130Js, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and F/A-18 Hornets from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, working together to clear and take an enemy-controlled airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Rivezzo/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Meek, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) with the 66th Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., communicates with aircraft during a joint force integration exercise April 25, 2013, at Winston Field Airport in Snyder, Texas. Air Force B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets from Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, provided close air support using information provided by JTACs on the ground during a simulated airfield seizure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Peter Thompson/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Meek, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) with the 66th Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., coordinates with 12 C-130Js from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, during a joint force integration exercise April 25, 2013, at Winston Field Airport in Snyder, Texas. JTACs provided critical information during a simulated airfield seizure to strengthen training, safety and efficiency of working with multiple aircraft of different capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Peter Thompson/Released)

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Army Wives actor Joshua Henry sits in the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III during a tour of the aircraft April 26, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston –Air Base, S.C. Army Wives tells the story of four women and one man who are brought together by their common bond - they all have military spouses. The series is based on the book "Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives" by Tanya Biank and is produced by ABC Television Studio and The Mark Gordon Company. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)

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(U.S. Navy photo illustration by Navy Personnel Command/Released)

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[Phantom88]

Another Military Aircraft Crash,KC-135 in Kyrgyzstan. God Bless

[Laurius]

After Baghram's crash early this week it seems that what is often called a series law continues... That's really sad. I've just read about this info on Yahoo.fr few minutes ago (http://fr.news.yahoo.com/avion-ravitailleur-américain-sécrase-au-kirghizistan-144359338.html).

In the article it is said that a fire burst out onboard while the plane was in flight and that it crashed shortly after. The plane took off from Manas Air Base and a ministry responsible (no specification on which ministry) said that the crew was composed of between two and five members. RIP to those airmen.

[Phantom88]

More pics of USAF KC 135 Crash

http://thebaseleg.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/usaf-kc-135r-crashes-in-kyrgyzstan.html

[topol-m]

I wonder if the crew in these aircraft, KC-135, C-17, C-130 and such, is generally equipped with parachutes. I'd expect at least some crew members to survive if they have parachutes.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

RIP to the crew, what a streak :(

 

On a side note, when an incident like this happens e.g. tanker unavailable, how does that impact ISAF operations on that day? Is another tanker sent up ASAP, or are operations restricted/halted due to range?

[Lucas_From_Hell]

BBC has this on the story:

 

Witnesses said they saw an explosion and heard a boom, and that wreckage was scattered across a wide area.

 

"I was working with my father in the field, and I heard an explosion. When I looked up at the sky I saw the fire. When it was falling, the plane split into three pieces," resident Sherikbek Turusbekov was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

 

One local news agency, 24.kg, quoted witnesses as saying the plane had hit a high-voltage power transmission line before it crashed, and quoted a local official as saying the pilots had ejected from the plane. Neither report has been confirmed.

 

 

However I'm willing to bet the 135 has no ejection seats at all.

 

Some Googling got me this (link, Air Force Reserve Command article):

 

Colonel Childs witnessed the advantage of parachute-less KC-135s when he first learned of the decision to be rid of them. He was serving as a deputy commander while deployed to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, when a KC-135 assigned to the base developed a maintenance issue.

 

The aircraft's escape spoiler, a device used to block wind and allow evacuees to jump clear of an in-flight aircraft, was not working. The KC-135 was grounded, Colonel Childs said, until a maintainer pointed out there were no parachutes on it. With no need for a working spoiler, the aircraft became mission-ready and a prime example how AFSO 21 thinking can benefit the Air Force.

 

A new piece of equipment, a harness crew members wear, is now required to be stored on KC-135s when parachutes are removed. The harness is used to attach flyers to aircraft during rare instances that create a potential for a flyer to be sucked outside. A warning light signaling a door is loose is a good but uncommon example, Sergeant Forrest said, of when a flyer might need to wear the harness.

 

The harness is a new responsibility that life support technicians and flyers gladly accept in lieu of parachute maintenance and training, Sergeant Forrest said.

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The harness is a new responsibility that life support technicians and flyers gladly accept in lieu of parachute maintenance and training, Sergeant Forrest said.

 

:doh: If it were me I'd take the chute.

[kam]

First low level trip of the year and I was rewarded by seeing, 2x Hawk T2's, 5x Tornado GR4, 2x Typooon (One twin stick) 6x Tucano's and a Chinook!

 

Hawk T2

 

Followed by me shooting a Tornado at the wrong shutter speed:doh:

 

Typhoon

 

The Queens Jubilee marked Tucano from last year

 

Tornado

 

The classic Tebay photo, a fast jet over the M6!

 

Tucano in nice light

 

More Tornado

 

A Chinook to round the day off nicely

 

 

There's a few more here

 

:thumbup:

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[pepin1234]

Tunguska-M1:

 

[SimFreak]

Helicopter Gunship pilot Captain James Powell shares his personal 8mm footage taken while on tour in Vietnam 1968.

 

part1

 

 

part2

[cichlidfan]

Outstanding!! Reading a book by a 1/9th Cav pilot right now. :thumbup:

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Brazilian Air Force Mi-35M4 hangar.

 

[oceanoftimeGER]

Tunguska-M1:

 

Love this thing!

[112th_Rossi]

Haha. To buy the hardware... /dials

[Lucas_From_Hell]

4 F-5EM and 4 A-1A (AMX) fly-by at the firing range at Santa Cruz AFB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All aircraft are carrying 2 live Mk82 bombs intended for a live fire. Unfortunately they brought them home as the weather conditions wouldn't give the bombs enough time airborne. All the A-1 fleet is being upgraded to A-1M standard by EMBRAER. The first prototype has been delivered, with more aircraft expected until the end of the year. The upgrade includes a Mectron SCP-01 Scipio radar,[/url] EMBRAER data Link-BR2, NavFLIR system, Elbit INS/GPS/databus and glass cockpit, new OBOGS system and HMD DASH IV.

 

[Cookie]

Outstanding!! Reading a book by a 1/9th Cav pilot right now. :thumbup:

That wouldn´t happen to be a certain Mr. Zahn, would it? ;)

[marcos]

Tunguska-M1:

 

On BF3 it takes 6 hits for one of those to kill infantry.

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[BTTW-DratsaB]

Nice little vid of a Uh-1 start up after rebuild

 

roRtX4cMR7U

 

Some bits remind me of my start-up procedure :D

[maturin]

So I missed the Victory Day parade in Saint Petersburg, but I saw the whole rehearsal for it. And noticed that the Motor Rifle companies had some towed howitzers. Can anyone identify the weapons at 10:13?

 

 

I'm sort of shocked they would still use the things. Any howitzer is pretty useless against modern armor, while lacking the punch, versatility and above all mobility of recoilless rifles and mortars.

[Griffin]

Army Paratrooper accidentally deploys his reserve parachute inside plane