[MilCom] F-15 down in Knox Co Indiana

[Ken]

The pilot is fine, he was found by a farmer who drove up in his "emergency" 
pickup truck (pretty simple Joe citizen fast response!!!!) & later reported 
to local news that the pilot was a little pale & shaken up & landed fairly 
close to the wreckage BUT was otherwise fine.  The pilot had 15+ years of 
flying experience, BUT I'd assume this was his first ejection out of an 
aircraft.

Not a flame, BUT isn't it the purpose of this group to monitor military 
radio comms???  You know as well as I do in our neck of the woods when the 
A10's run into problems there's air/air comms between the planes and also 
usually the wing man reports back to the command post, or at times the 
aircraft with the mechanical problem talks directly with the SOF/command 
post for some technical assistance.

Gee I would think that IF someone had a video and/or still camera and was 
monitoring the appropriate frequencies and was able to get some shots that 
would be very exciting --- to post to YouTube or other venues  -- that's why 
I carry my camera with me all the time!!!  (and as a side note sometimes 
still pictures & videos can be important to post crash investigation 
assistance).

Fortunately, the area the aircraft crashed in was rural and no one was 
injuried on the ground....

BTW those close enough "electronically" might want to try monitoring for the 
appropriate ground operations frequencies.  Would be interested if they are 
running encrypted with "Hammer Ace" support or just typical base support....

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Edwards" <warthog1 at citlink.net>
To: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>; "Dave Nugent" <dnugent at psci.net>; 
<MilCom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] F-15 down in Knox Co Indiana


> You must be kidding !
> We're talking about a plane down, and a pilot forced to eject......and 
> you're wondering about POSTING AIR TO AIR USAGE ??????
>
> Un....%^$%%# believable !
>
> I'm just hoping the pilot is ok.
>
> NO FLAME WARS PLEASE....just my opinion.