Training Incidents
Iran Navy Testing Accident Kills 19
Damaged “Konarak” Iranian media reports that the support ship Konarak was hit by a new anti-ship missile being test fired by the frigate Jamaran during an exercise on Sunday. The Konarak was placing targets in the water and strayed too close to one, and was struck by the missile. The navy reported the ship was […]
Missing Fort Carson soldier found alive
ChipNASA sends us a link about a soldier who became lost during an Expert Field Medical Badge competition. Seems he became disoriented on Fort Carson’s Land Navigation Course, and disappeared for some 36 hours before nearly becoming road kill on U.S. Highway 115. While the soldier’s name and rank wasn’t specifically mentioned.. From the article: […]
Hard Day for the Corps
ChipNASA sends us a pair of articles, and the news isn’t good. The first is a crime. One Marine dead, another in custody A shooting Friday in the barracks at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina has left one Marine dead and another in custody, according to base officials. Cpl. Tyler P. Wallingford, […]
‘WATCH YOUR DECK!’ The story behind last summer’s Tiger II crash
A year ago, an F-5N Tiger II tactical fighter aircraft the US Navy purchased from the Swiss Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean forcing the pilot to eject. The event took place on 09 August, about 20 nautical miles southeast of Naval Air Station Key West. The unnamed pilot, assigned to Fighter Squadron Composite […]
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