[MilAir] [HFmonitors] C-17A has crashed near Olney TX

[John Mayson]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Chris Trask <christrask at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> A C-17A has crashed near Olney TX.
>> Officials at Sheppard AFB have confirmed this information.
>>
>
>    No, USAF officials have not confirmed a crash.  They've actually called
> of the search, as have the local civil authorities.  Sounds like this is
> more an episode of mass hysteria more than anything else.

Initial media reports said the USAF confirmed the crash.  Perhaps
you're right and the USAF never confirmed it at any point (in fact you
probably are), but that's not what the media reported.

John


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John Mayson <john at mayson.us>
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