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5pins
11-17-10, 14:37
Hopefully the pilot is kicking back with an Eskimo girl waiting to be picked up.


11/17/2010 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) -- An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing here lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. local time while on a routine training mission Nov. 16.
A search is underway and is being coordinated by officials with the Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Coordination Center. Airmen in HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and an HC-130 King are combing an area northeast of Cantwell, Alaska, the last known location of the aircraft.
Complication
11-17-10, 16:03
Maybe he crossed the international date line ;).
Moose-Knuckle
11-17-10, 16:32
That freezing air is damn thin, hope the best for the pilot.
ForTehNguyen
11-17-10, 19:24
they found wreckage already
NinjaMedic
11-17-10, 20:45
Sans rocket chair I hope. If anyone can find him and bring em back alive its the PJ's, hope he got out in time and didnt pull a CFIT . . .
5pins
11-19-10, 21:30
The news is not looking good for the pilot.

Evidence at F-22 Crash Site Indicates Pilot Died


ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Evidence found at the remote, rugged Alaska site where an F-22 Raptor crashed indicates the pilot died, an Air Force official said Friday evening.
Part of the jet's ejection seat was found at the site, which means Capt. Jeffrey Haney of Clarklake, Mich., could not have survived the Tuesday night crash, Col. Jack McMullen said. Also found were pieces of the flight suit Haney had been wearing.
ForTehNguyen
11-19-10, 22:53
dont they have transponders on the seat and the pilot itself. If those arent working then its bad news :(
Spooky130
11-20-10, 14:18
RIP Capt Haney...

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2010/11/19/17/2010-11-09-29_F-22__Pilot_Update.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf

Spooky