F-15E crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew killed

Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:55 pm

Throw a nickel on the grass...

A 336 EFS F-15E lost in central Afghanistan last night, both the pilot and WSO confirmed killed in action.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiap ... jet.crash/

Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:23 pm

Saw the article in this morning local rag, any info yet? CFIT, missile, or system (s) failures?

Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:58 pm

The Inspector wrote:Saw the article in this morning local rag, any info yet? CFIT, missile, or system (s) failures?

Rumor mill is saying either CFIT or mechanical problem. It was at 3 am local time and they were not at a Troops-In-Contact (in other words, not dropping bombs or getting shot at).

Too early to know for certain, though.

Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:32 am

Tough deal for sure!!

Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:09 pm

Randy, have you heard anything more about the cause?

Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:09 am

Just a follow up to this.

I can't say too much because the report that is currently out is privileged, but this accident was indeed CFIT, not hostile action or mechanical failure.