BladeLWS Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Yikes! http://www.kuam.com/news/26596.aspx Both pilots ejected safely. With a $1.2Billion (yes with a B) the fleet will probably be grounded until the find out the problem. 1
p_o_d_2_2 Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Its been a bad couple of months for the Air Force. At least the pilots are ok. 1
v1per Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Thought the only military base there was NAS Guam. Well, 1.2 billion in the hole.
SuperKungFu Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Yea i just heard this on the news. So sad, and its one of he most expensive aircraft ever built. And it happened in my home town Guam, damn. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Geier Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 - Unit cost: Approximately $1.2 billion very expensive to let it crash, isn't it;)
Kuky Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 expensive crash... 1 PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
RvETito Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 very expensive to let it crash, isn't it;) Not that expensive as human life but still.. Hard times for the USAF lately... 2 "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE=
Geier Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Hard times for the USAF lately... Of course, but nevertheless...
diveplane Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 ouch those boys will be grounded for a bit. https://www.youtube.com/user/diveplane11 DCS Audio Modding.
TorwaK Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Very expensive crash indeed. List of planes. Totaly 20 units now. AV-182-1066Spirit of AmericaAV-282-1067Spirit of ArizonaAV-382-1068Spirit of New YorkAV-482-1069Spirit of IndianaAV-582-1070Spirit of OhioAV-682-1071Spirit of MississippiAV-788-0328Spirit of TexasAV-888-0329Spirit of MissouriAV-988-0330Spirit of CaliforniaAV-1088-0331Spirit of South CarolinaAV-1188-0332Spirit of WashingtonAV-1289-0127Spirit of KansasAV-1389-0128Spirit of NebraskaAV-1489-0129Spirit of GeorgiaAV-1590-0040Spirit of AlaskaAV-1690-0041Spirit of HawaiiAV-1792-0700Spirit of West VirginiaAV-1893-1085Spirit of OklahomaAV-1993-1086Spirit of Kitty HawkAV-2093-1087Spirit of PennsylvaniaAV-2193-1088Spirit of LouisianaAV-22–AV-135 Cancelled. it's really huge. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Intel Core i7-6700K, @5GHz | Asus Maximus Hero VIII | 2 x eVGA GTX 970 SLI | Kingston Predator 16GB DDR4-3000Mhz | 2 x Samsung 850 PRO 240GB RAID-0 | AOC G2460PG G-SYNC LCD | OCULUS RIFT CV1 VR | THRUSTMASTER HOTAS WARTHOG | CH PRO PEDALS
ED Team Groove Posted February 23, 2008 ED Team Posted February 23, 2008 Thank god the crew ejected safely. Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
RvETito Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Which 'spirit' has crashed? Louisiana? "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE=
TorwaK Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Which 'spirit' has crashed? Louisiana? No information about it. I'm curious too. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Intel Core i7-6700K, @5GHz | Asus Maximus Hero VIII | 2 x eVGA GTX 970 SLI | Kingston Predator 16GB DDR4-3000Mhz | 2 x Samsung 850 PRO 240GB RAID-0 | AOC G2460PG G-SYNC LCD | OCULUS RIFT CV1 VR | THRUSTMASTER HOTAS WARTHOG | CH PRO PEDALS
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Not that expensive as human life but still.. Hard times for the USAF lately...Actually, insurance companies have an exact dollar amount for human life and it is way (multiple times) less then the price of B-2. Emotionally, there is no price tag for human life. And thanks god the crew of this unfortunate B-2 is safe. Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
ED Team Groove Posted February 23, 2008 ED Team Posted February 23, 2008 Smoke billows from the runway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Saturday Feb. 23, 2008 after a B-2 stealth bomber crashed. The two pilots aboard the bomber ejected before the crash and are safe the U.S. Air Force said. A board of Air Force officers will investigate what happened. Each B-2 bomber costs about $1.2 billion to build. All 21 stealth bombers are based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, but the Air Force has been rotating several of them through Guam since 2004, along with B-1 and B-52 bombers. Also a video on http://www.military.com Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
SuperKungFu Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Thanks groove for the pic and video. Brings back old memories, I use to play around the right hanger next to the tower. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Vekkinho Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 BTW are USAF Eagles still grounded?! 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
RvETito Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Negative, they resumed flights but new accidents happened- first an F-15D (no human losses) near Hawai and the colision from that week wasting two F-15C's and one life. No idea wether they are/will be grounded again. "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE=
Luse Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Hard Times ... STT Radar issue is leftover code.
TucksonSonny Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Hard Times ... Murphy's law: "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" or, "Anything that can go wrong, will," or "If anything can go wrong, it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment"). OT: This year it was an inconvenient moment to have an accident for me too. Because I am in the middle of a building project of my home and I have a veryyyy strict budget because of this. Guess what happened 1 month ago: I crashed my expensive bicycle and my car broke down about 1 week later! Shit happens… :D 2 DELL Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 940 2,93 GHz @3 GHz, 8 MB cache | 8.192 MB 1.067 MHz Tri Channel DDR3 | 512 MB ATI® Radeon™ 4850 | 500 GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA | Samsung SM 2693 HM 25.5 " | HOTAS Cougar Thrustmaster |
v1per Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 it's really huge. I'll say. I got to see one fly by twice at NAS Oceana all the way from Colorado, thats what I was told atleast. Really cool experience!
CanadaDave Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Which 'spirit' has crashed? Louisiana? Aviation Week says it was the Spirit of Kansas. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/b2crsh02238.xml&headline=B-2%20Crashes%20on%20Takeoff%20From%20Guam&channel=defense CanadaDave
Geier Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Murphy's law: "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" or, "Anything that can go wrong, will," or "If anything can go wrong, it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment"). OT: This year it was an inconvenient moment to have an accident for me too. Because I am in the middle of a building project of my home and I have a veryyyy strict budget because of this. Guess what happened 1 month ago: I crashed my expensive bicycle and my car broke down about 1 week later! Shit happens… :D Don't worry, Tucks, all will be OK I believe;)
Vekkinho Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 I really wander how did this picture leak!!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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