Two F-15 fighters collide over Gulf of Mexico, page 1

Two F-15 fighters vanish over Gulf of Mexico

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Two F-15 fighter jets are reported missing in the Gulf of Mexico, CNN affiliates report. U.S. Coast Guard searching.

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[edit on 20-2-2008 by XFoxMulderX]

This just broke moments ago. In all probability, they probably crashed. My prayers go out to the pilots' families. Who knows, maybe it's just a radar glitch. I have to go. Post updates when they come in.

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HA! Now THAT is weird! We posted the same question at the same time!!1

Well, that helps clear things up. I wonder why they were flying these two F-15's then. It's also odd that this occured hours before the navy is planning to shoot down USA 193.

There are different "models" of f-15, A-->D are grounded.E- don't think that those were grounded, also there are other, less common (to my knowledge :-)) versions that flew.

Hey ,was wrong. But there is always wiki
en.wikipedia.org...

[edit on 20-2-2008 by ZeroKnowledge]

www.flightglobal.com...

there all back in the air

All remaining US Air Force Boeing F-15A-D Eagles have been returned to flight, contingent on completion of individual inspections on each aircraft's fuselage longerons.

The USAF does not expect any of the 149 aircraft to require repair and says there will be no operating restrictions on Eagles that pass these final inspections. But all F-15A-Ds will require repetitive checks for longeron cracks every 400 flying hours

of the aircraft which have cracks - i personally think they will just write the airframes off.

The New York Times is reporting that only one of the jets and pilots are missing.

It was one of two F-15's from that wing that were engaged in a combat training mission against two F-16's from Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, he said.NYTimes.com

according to cnn.com, the pilots have been rescued.

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The pilots of two F-15C fighter jets that collided Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico have been rescued, authorities said.

That's great news imho.

Tela

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I am sorry to say it took a turn for the worst. One pilot is now be reported as to as to have died =(

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