Horrible month for military aviation

With today's crashes of both an F-16 of the Thunderbirds, and an F/A-18 of the Blue Angels, our military has dropped 7 birds in less than a month. There is a flightline video starting to make the rounds of the Number 5 Angel jet dragging the exhaust nozzles on the ground as the mains came off the deck.

God bless all our aviators, especially those that fly with God's Angels...
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,320
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    And out of Fort Hood to boot... what a tragic day for our military.
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  • Jaybeez
    Jaybeez Posts: 748
    Tough news day for sure. Waiting to hear about my nephew, an Artillery dude out of Ft. Hood.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    a prayer sent his way...
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    Jaybeez wrote: »
    Tough news day for sure. Waiting to hear about my nephew, an Artillery dude out of Ft. Hood.

    Any word on your nephew?
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  • Jaybeez
    Jaybeez Posts: 748
    Jaybeez wrote: »
    Tough news day for sure. Waiting to hear about my nephew, an Artillery dude out of Ft. Hood.

    Any word on your nephew?

    Thanks John. We got good news that he wasn't involved in the incident. He was part of the rescue crew. At 6'8" he was probably the only grunt who could keep his head above the water!
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