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"Information about the type of aircraft involved is classified and not releasable," Maj. Christina Sukach, chief of public affairs for the 99 Air Base Wing at Nellis, said in an email.
The crash is said to have occurred roughly 100 miles north of Las Vegas, deep within the Nevada Test and Training Range. The fact that the aircraft was owned by the Air Force Material Command likely means that it was likely a test aircraft, which could be anything from an F-16 to an F-35s to a exotic and highly classified test article to a foreign fighter jet.
originally posted by: Caughtlurking
Maybe we should have some civilian oversight for these fly boys gone wild. Who's to say these aircraft are safe to fly in our skies for their pilots or people on the ground.
Here are two probable locations. Both on restricted territory.
N36 43 36 W115 51 14
N36 41 31 W115 51 18
!FDC 7/7350 ZLA NV..AIRSPACE LAS VEGAS, NV..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 5 NM RADIUS OF 364336N1155114W (BEATTY VORTAC BTY080043.3) SFC-3000FT AGL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.137(A)(1) TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT. ONLY RELIEF AIRCRAFT OPS UNDER DIRECTION OF NELLIS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY ARE AUTHORIZED IN THE AIRSPACE. NELLIS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY TELEPHONE 702-652-4222 IS IN CHARGE OF ON SCENE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITY. TBA IS THE FAA COORDINATION FACILITY. EFFECTIVE 1709070415 UTC UNTIL 1709140415 UTC. 1709070415-1709140415
!FDC 7/7349 ZLA NV..AIRSPACE LAS VEGAS, NV..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 10 NM RADIUS OF 364131N1155118W (BEATTY VORTAC BTY083043.5) SFC-3000FT AGL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.137(A)(1) TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT. ONLY RELIEF AIRCRAFT OPS UNDER DIRECTION OF NELLIS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY ARE AUTHORIZED IN THE AIRSPACE. NELLIS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY TELEPHONE 702-652-4222 IS IN CHARGE OF ON SCENE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITY. TBA IS THE FAA COORDINATION FACILITY. EFFECTIVE 1709070415 UTC UNTIL 1709140415 UTC. 1709070415-1709140415
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, while traveling Saturday morning to the annual conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Louisville, Ky., ruled out speculation the aircraft involved may have been an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
"I can definitely say it was not an F-35," he told a Military.com reporter accompanying him on the trip.
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Stephen Trimble @FG_STrim 4h
Why "definitely"? Can't think of reason to rule it out yet, although I do still think it's unlikely. More likely I think is Constant Peg.
Aircraft Spots @aircraftspots 3h
Thank you! At appx 2PM on 5 SEP, SKULL02 & JESTER 31, 32 were in R-2508, one of the JESTERs mentioned reaching emergency point 1/2
They then moved further from my listening range, I believe they moved east of Panamint MOA which would lead towards NTTR
Aircraft Spots @aircraftspots 3h3 hours ago
They could've recovered @ Nellis or somewhere else during the emergency then took off later and something might have happened during that.
There's a problem with Constant Peg theory. TAC (ACC) owned Constant Peg aircraft, not AFSC (AFMC). 5 Sep crash involved AFMC-owned plane.
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