Air Force IDs victims of helicopter crash
The other day an HH-60G Pave Hawk crashed off the coast of England. Robert sends us a link to the identification of the Air Force crewmembers lost;
Capt. Christopher S. Stover, Capt. Sean M. Ruane, Tech. Sgt. Dale E. Mathews, and Staff Sgt. Afton M. Ponce were the HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew members killed in a crash on the Norfolk coast in England Jan. 7.
An HH-60G helicopter carries a four-person aircrew: a pilot, co-pilot, and two special mission aviators who are qualified as both gunners and flight engineers. On this particular mission, Stover and Ruane were the pilots, and Mathews and Ponce were the special mission aviators.
A reminder that training for war is almost as deadly as the actual war.
Category: Air Force
May they all rest in peace…
why does SSG Ponce’s name sound so familiar to me?? Just strikes me that I have seen his name before.
Another accident…
Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter crashes off Virginia coast on training mission….2 dead.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/08/navy-helicopter-crashes-off-coast-virginia/
-RIP-
Rest in peace, men. May God comfort your surviving family and friends.
RIP, gents.
It’s never easy to read about our casualties. Somehow it hits harder when it’s a training accident, and from your own service.
Rest In Peace Airmen. Thank you for your service. God bless your families now.
Sad day here in Vancouver, Wa. Captain Stover went to high school here in Vancouver.
Rest in peace guys.