B-2 Crash!
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
How does any aircraft crash? It happens...
Come on kid. I dont care how old you are, I know you are smart eneogh to know that!
evangilder
"Shooter"
Right now, the cause of the crash is under investigation and the root cause of the crash is still undetermined. While we are speculating what might have happened, we won't know for a while what did indeed happen. It could very well be a bird strike and the possibility of that, or a software malfunction, mechanical failure or something else. NO ONE knows yet.
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Spirit of Kansas
If you can understand what he's trying to say, you should be a Special Ed instructor.
Zannel - short bus airlines
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Attachments
ToughOmbre
Senior Master Sergeant
Sure does. Airplanes fall out of the sky, ships sink. We've even lost two manned spacecraft.
Unfortunately, that's the price of doin' business.
TO
syscom3
Pacific Historian
DBII
Senior Master Sergeant
My number 1 lady is an Special Ed English teacher, she said WTF when she read it...sorry she was looking at breaking new...
I'm in trouble now.
dbII
I'm in trouble now.
dbII
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Cosimo, I'm blowing that up and framing it on my wall!!!!!
Heinz
Captain
glad the pilots got out ok!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
A few countries WHOLE airforce fund went up in smoke there....
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
I received this today from one of my B-2 buds. You may find it interesting.
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Message to My Maintainers
To the men and women of the 509th Maintenance Group
On Friday night, we learned that aircraft 89-0127, the Spirit of
Kansas, crashed during takeoff on the redeployment sortie from Andersen
AB, Guam. Almost immediately, we had confirmation that the crew safely
ejected and were being taken for medical evaluation. Our deployed
people personally saw the two crew members and we know they will both
return to fly the mighty B-2 in the future!! We all breathed a sigh of
relief that they survived.
The shock is wearing off here at Whiteman after a full weekend of
activities and communications to the families, to the deployed forces
on
Guam, to our headquarters, and to our community. Accidents happen-I
contend we were all convinced we were "immune" because of the
tremendous
redundancy built into the B-2. But, we must remember, the B-2 Spirit
is
an aircraft and aircraft do have mishaps. It can and it did happen to
us. So, where do we go from here? We still have a critical national
mission to accomplish and we do that very well, everyday!! As we
formulated a press statement over the weekend, it became clear to me we
don't take the time often enough to sit back and reflect on what we-the
1250+ maintainers-have accomplished. We have generated over 75000
flying hours without the loss of an aircraft, over 14,000 sorties
produced, nearly 100 combat missions in three conflicts. And, we are
the nation's most complex, technically-advanced, sophisticated weapon
system. Jack Northrop's dream of a flying wing is a reality-everyday
for 19 years--thanks to what you do. This mishap is unfortunate but it
is a speedbump on the roadmap of life-it in no way diminishes your
outstanding accomplishments and contributions to aviation history.
Please help each other-and the rest of our community: neighbors, B-2
maintenance alumni, our depot work force--understand the contributions
they have made to the security of our great nation.
Once the shock of the event passes, we must come back with stronger
self-confidence than we ever displayed in the past. We have a Safety
Investigation Board en-route to Guam to review the mishap and find the
cause. We will solicit their feedback to see if they determine
anything
to be of fleet wide importance. At this time, we know of no such
cause.
We need to come together as a team now and focus on how to reestablish
our operational self-confidence. Brigadier General Harencak agreed to
take a "strategic safety pause" from normal flying on Monday, 25
February 2008. We have a series of activities to conduct including a
shop visit with the Egress, Survival Equipment and Life Support
technicians-their meticulous work culminated in two crew members
walking
away from the mishap scene. Then, we will have an Operations and
Maintenance Group Call, with the Wing Commander, in Hangar 27 (the Wash
Rack) at 0900 hours to discuss how we can best support one another
through this trying time. All personnel will then be released to their
commanders for any squadron-specific activities the commanders believe
will make our team stronger.
Everyone on the B-2 team shared the same, gut-wrenching feeling when
receiving this unfortunate news. I fielded many calls and e-mails from
past members of our great team, all expressing their relief to know the
crew survived and then grief as we mourn the loss of the Spirit of
Kansas. This aircraft contributed over 5,000 flying hours to those
75,000 mentioned earlier. We cannot help but get connected and
invested
emotionally in these great aircraft-national treasures, each and every
one of them.
As I said earlier, accidents are an inherent risk in aviation and we
boast a phenomenal safety record that I challenge anyone to match-I
contend it is unprecedented in the annuls of aviation history. That
said, we are postured now, as we have always been, ready for our
strategic deterrent role across the spectrum of international
relationships. We can cast our mighty shadow to strike fear in the
hearts of any would-be adversaries and we stand ready to conduct strike
missions for any of those who choose to confront the United States
directly. Please help your teammates put this terrible accident into
perspective against the grave responsibilities we have to national
defense.
We will overcome the loss of the Spirit of Kansas and we will be
stronger for having endured this. Hold your heads high and tell your
friends, neighbors and relatives you will continue maintaining the
B-2's
readiness for national defense. We will continue pushing this platform
to new heights as we pin on new weaponry and add operational
capabilities to the weapon system. This weapon system will serve the
nation until 2058-and we will Hunt Down and Destroy America's Enemies
when called upon by our national leadership. Our friends, neighbors
and
relatives can be justifiably proud to have a connection to our B-2
community.
Let me know if you have any issues or concerns I can help you with.
Commander, 509th Maintenance Group
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Message to My Maintainers
To the men and women of the 509th Maintenance Group
On Friday night, we learned that aircraft 89-0127, the Spirit of
Kansas, crashed during takeoff on the redeployment sortie from Andersen
AB, Guam. Almost immediately, we had confirmation that the crew safely
ejected and were being taken for medical evaluation. Our deployed
people personally saw the two crew members and we know they will both
return to fly the mighty B-2 in the future!! We all breathed a sigh of
relief that they survived.
The shock is wearing off here at Whiteman after a full weekend of
activities and communications to the families, to the deployed forces
on
Guam, to our headquarters, and to our community. Accidents happen-I
contend we were all convinced we were "immune" because of the
tremendous
redundancy built into the B-2. But, we must remember, the B-2 Spirit
is
an aircraft and aircraft do have mishaps. It can and it did happen to
us. So, where do we go from here? We still have a critical national
mission to accomplish and we do that very well, everyday!! As we
formulated a press statement over the weekend, it became clear to me we
don't take the time often enough to sit back and reflect on what we-the
1250+ maintainers-have accomplished. We have generated over 75000
flying hours without the loss of an aircraft, over 14,000 sorties
produced, nearly 100 combat missions in three conflicts. And, we are
the nation's most complex, technically-advanced, sophisticated weapon
system. Jack Northrop's dream of a flying wing is a reality-everyday
for 19 years--thanks to what you do. This mishap is unfortunate but it
is a speedbump on the roadmap of life-it in no way diminishes your
outstanding accomplishments and contributions to aviation history.
Please help each other-and the rest of our community: neighbors, B-2
maintenance alumni, our depot work force--understand the contributions
they have made to the security of our great nation.
Once the shock of the event passes, we must come back with stronger
self-confidence than we ever displayed in the past. We have a Safety
Investigation Board en-route to Guam to review the mishap and find the
cause. We will solicit their feedback to see if they determine
anything
to be of fleet wide importance. At this time, we know of no such
cause.
We need to come together as a team now and focus on how to reestablish
our operational self-confidence. Brigadier General Harencak agreed to
take a "strategic safety pause" from normal flying on Monday, 25
February 2008. We have a series of activities to conduct including a
shop visit with the Egress, Survival Equipment and Life Support
technicians-their meticulous work culminated in two crew members
walking
away from the mishap scene. Then, we will have an Operations and
Maintenance Group Call, with the Wing Commander, in Hangar 27 (the Wash
Rack) at 0900 hours to discuss how we can best support one another
through this trying time. All personnel will then be released to their
commanders for any squadron-specific activities the commanders believe
will make our team stronger.
Everyone on the B-2 team shared the same, gut-wrenching feeling when
receiving this unfortunate news. I fielded many calls and e-mails from
past members of our great team, all expressing their relief to know the
crew survived and then grief as we mourn the loss of the Spirit of
Kansas. This aircraft contributed over 5,000 flying hours to those
75,000 mentioned earlier. We cannot help but get connected and
invested
emotionally in these great aircraft-national treasures, each and every
one of them.
As I said earlier, accidents are an inherent risk in aviation and we
boast a phenomenal safety record that I challenge anyone to match-I
contend it is unprecedented in the annuls of aviation history. That
said, we are postured now, as we have always been, ready for our
strategic deterrent role across the spectrum of international
relationships. We can cast our mighty shadow to strike fear in the
hearts of any would-be adversaries and we stand ready to conduct strike
missions for any of those who choose to confront the United States
directly. Please help your teammates put this terrible accident into
perspective against the grave responsibilities we have to national
defense.
We will overcome the loss of the Spirit of Kansas and we will be
stronger for having endured this. Hold your heads high and tell your
friends, neighbors and relatives you will continue maintaining the
B-2's
readiness for national defense. We will continue pushing this platform
to new heights as we pin on new weaponry and add operational
capabilities to the weapon system. This weapon system will serve the
nation until 2058-and we will Hunt Down and Destroy America's Enemies
when called upon by our national leadership. Our friends, neighbors
and
relatives can be justifiably proud to have a connection to our B-2
community.
Let me know if you have any issues or concerns I can help you with.
Commander, 509th Maintenance Group
evangilder
"Shooter"
davparlr, in the interest of opsec and privacy, I removed the name of the writer and his DSN number. Good to get the info, thanks.
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
No problem.
Matt308
Glock Perfection
What do you do in Riyadh, krieghund?
