First ever F15 KIA in history? Way to go Talibans!

saden · Post time 21-7-2009 10:25 PM

British jet crashes at Afghan base
20/07/2009 - 10:55:24
An RAF fighter crashed inside Nato’s largest base in southern Afghanistan today, but the crew managed to eject.

The Tornado crashed inside Kandahar Airfield during takeoff at 7.20am Afghanistan time (3.50am Irish time).

The two crew are being treated for unspecified injuries at the base hospital.

The Tornado is the fourth aircraft to go down in Afghanistan in three days and the sixth this month.

Military officials say there does not appear to be a common reason for the spate of crashes beyond coincidence.

There was no indication that insurgent activity caused the latestcrash but officials could not immediately say why the plane went down.The jet caught fire and emergency personnel responded.

The incident came a day after a Russian-owned civilian Mi-8 helicopter crashed at the same base, killing 16 people on board.

Two aircraft also went down on Saturday. A US Air Force F-15EStrike Eagle fighter jet crashed in central Afghanistan, killing twocrew members. A US helicopter also made what the military calls a “hardlanding” the same day. Several troops were injured.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/eykfsneyauql/rss2/

alphawolf · Post time 22-7-2009 08:08 AM

Unless the Talibans also made claims that they shot down the Eagle...then it's simply an accident.

observateur · Post time 22-7-2009 08:13 AM

Keja "tentera Tuhan" (angin, pasir, cuaca...) kut?

saden · Post time 22-7-2009 08:40 AM

yes, but in almost 40 years of operation, not a single F15 going down during combat operation? and now the first ever? accident or not, it's still a world record.

innocentti · Post time 22-7-2009 08:47 AM

the thread title is quite misleading..

yaminz · Post time 22-7-2009 09:25 AM

Totally misleading...

alphawolf · Post time 22-7-2009 12:23 PM

Post Last Edit by alphawolf at 22-7-2009 12:30

4# saden

Uh..apparently you have not check out the rest of the world wide web...
1. F-15E 88-1692 lost 19 January 1991 over Iraq
2. F-15E 88-1689 lost 18 January 1991 over Iraq
3. F-15E 88-1694 lost over Tikrit, Iraq 2003

saden · Post time 22-7-2009 02:24 PM

7# alphawolf
gahhh!!! thanks... my info hasn't been updated. i still read somewhere that the f15 was never taken down in combat.

innocentti · Post time 22-7-2009 03:49 PM

8# saden
maybe you would like to check on this.. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/f-15.htm

by the way, do you have any sources claiming this crash have something to do with taliban?

saden · Post time 22-7-2009 07:15 PM

9# innocentti
ok, thanks for the link.

hehehe...taliban pun tak claim credit... aku yg saja bagi credit kat taliban, pasal crash kat taliban territory. taliban punya aura sampai boleh crash F15