[MilCom] T-38 Crash in field in North MS

[Michael Graham]

 From the TV news in Tupelo...  "Air Force investigators are on the  
scene where a Columbus Air Force base training jet crashed Thursday  
afternoon. The accident happened about 1:30pm in Panola County near  
the Quitman County line. Columbus Air Force Base officials say the  
T-38 with two pilots aboard went down during a low level navigation  
training flight. The pilots ejected safely before the plane went down."

That Quitman / Panola county line puts them squarely in the MS Delta,  
but still a good ways from the river.  Thankfully, the Memphis news  
reports both pilots walked away, albeit with one getting his  
parachute stuck in a tree...  they also reported that one of the  
pilots stated that a large flock of geese flew up from the ground and  
into them..  Footage from the scene doesn't appear to show any fire  
damage, just a T-38 in 2 pieces and missing its wings.. It's so flat  
in that part of the state (it makes Kansas look downright  
mountainous) and the fields go on for miles and miles with no  
obstructions, one wonders how low they were...

http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5958104

michael


still waiting to see one of the new T-6A Texan II's.....