sebuah F-22 RAPTOR hilang di ALASKA

mechatengu

USAF launches search for missing F-22 Raptor

The US Air Force launched a search operation last night after one of its Lockheed Martin F-22 fighters failed to return to its base following a training mission.

“An air force F-22 assigned to the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40pm Alaska time today while on a routine training mission,” the USAF says in a brief statement.

The service confirms that “a search is underway”, and says: “more information will be released as it becomes available”.

link --  http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/17/349828/usaf-launches-search-for-missing-f-22-raptor.html


F-22 raptor hilang...?? kemanalah agaknya perginya ya..

syahdu

tu la buat lagi jet halimunan.. kan dah susah nak jumpa

botakgundul

gak hilang , tapi kerana terlalu stealth ya gak terdeteksi dan gak kliatan. termasuk pilot dan alat komunikasinya jua terlalu stealth....

hyazinth79

pesawat stealth mmg stealth .

mechatengu

jgn2 kena curi dgn agen2 KGB sudah...untuk perkembangan PAK-FA hehehe ntah2 skrg F-22 tu dh kena lapah part by part mcm pencuri2 keta mitsu evo7 kt m'sia nih..hehehe nie spekulasi aku je laa..dah sebijik mcm cerita FIREFOX clint eastwood pulak....hambik kau usaf..dek kerana dah terlalu stealth..mmg susah laa nk carik balik...

bzzts

leh buat modal movie mission impossible 4 ni...

hyazinth79

misi ni mesti cari pesawat dulu sebelum cari pilotnya

ctaz

kena jual kat russia kot.....

jazim

Ada kat kedai kapalterbang potong!

HangPC2

Kedai Potong.....

hyazinth79

Search for pilot continues after Alaska jet crash


By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Dan Joling, Associated Press – 30 mins ago
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – An aerial search was scheduled to continue throughout the night for the pilot of an Air Force F-22 fighter jet that crashed in a remote area of interior Alaska during a training exercise.

Rescue aircraft spotted the wreckage Wednesday about 100 miles north of Anchorage, and pararescuemen from the Alaska Air National Guard scoured the crash site until being flown out for the night.

"There's no sign of the pilot at this point, from what I've been told," guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes said.

But he said two Air Guard helicopters and a C-130 airplane planned to continue searching throughout the night for a sign that the pilot had ejected and survived, such as a parachute or a campfire.

The pilot's name has not been released.

The single-seat jet took off Tuesday from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on a training run.

It was in the air about an hour and 20 minutes and was nearing the end of the training run at 7:40 p.m. when ground radar lost track of it and another pilot on the mission lost communications, said Air Force Col. Jack McMullen, the base 3rd Wing commander.

The pilot had split off from the other jet and was about to do a "rejoin" before both returned to Anchorage as a unit flying about two miles apart, McMullen said.

The other pilot refueled in the air and began searching for the missing aircraft.

The Alaska Air National Guard aircraft joined the search and continued until about 5 a.m. Wednesday. New crews then picked up the search.

A helicopter spotted the wreckage at 10:15 a.m. but did not immediately land because of the threat of hazardous materials.

"It was being considered a haz-mat scene," Hayes said. "They had to get the right gear flown out there to the location so that the pararescuemen and the crash site recovery folks could safely get down there and do a search."

If the pilot ejected, he would be prepared for subzero weather, McMullen said.

"They have survival gear," McMullen said. "He's Arctic trained to survive in that environment. He's got the gear on. He's got stuff in his survival kit, so that he could hunker himself down and fight the extreme cold."

The twin-engine F-22 Raptor entered service in the mid-2000s and arrived at Elmendorf in August 2007. It's far more maneuverable and stealthy than earlier jets and can cruise at more than 1 1/2 times the speed of sound without using its afterburner. Its top speed is confidential.

Congress last year stopped production of the plane, built by Lockheed Martin Corp., by eliminating $1.75 billion that would have added seven F-22s to the Air Force's fleet.

An F-22 crashed in March 2009 near Edwards Air Force Base in California, killing the pilot. In July, a C-17 cargo jet from the 3rd Wing at Elmendorf crashed during a training demonstration for an air show, killing all four crewmen aboard.

Pararescuers will return Thursday, Hayes said.

"They're going to put them back in at first light, or they'll put in somebody — a crash recovery team or somebody."

hyazinth79

kos untuk 7 f22 sama dgn $1.75 billion , kos utk operate tak tahu berapa

mechatengu

laa dah crash rupanya...f-22 raptor tiap2 tahun crash..tulaa jet canggih sgt semua pki komputer entah2 kena virus kot   tak pon cuma propa us jer nk cover malu jet super canggih hilang di curi lepas tu buat2 laa jumpa dh crash...sisa2 pesawat lak pki yg crash thn 2009 punya.. nak jaga nama beb..mn ler tau smpi pilotnya x jumpe2

panzer

Dah bawak lari ke russia kot ? Alaska dah dekat dah dgn russia. Macam pilot soviet bawak lari Mig 25 ke Jepun masa cold war dulu.

lipans

Ke belum berlepas lagi. Still kat hangar. Pilot tipu cakap tengah test drive, tapi tido. Mana ada orang nak tau, stealth....

advark

pergh...belumpun dapet label 'combat proven' pesawatnya udah jatoh duluan...jgn2 pilot pesawat amerika ni membelot kerusia dengan membawa F22 RAPTORNYA seperti membelotnya pilot uni soviet victor Balenko  ke amerika semasa cold war dengan membawa MIG 25 apatah lagi belum lama ini terjadi pembelotan BOS agen rusia dari unit SVR yg bernama Shcherbakov yg  mengakibatkan terbongkarnya jaringan agen2 rusia di amerika....tetapi entah la, faktor human error ataupun pesawat tu jatuh rasanya lebih masuk akal.

rastablank

Defection? Macam zaman cold war plak,~