StrongHarm Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 A good day, all said, for USAF and one Hawg pilot's family. U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Germany BERLIN -- A U.S. Air Force attack jet crashed Friday in western Germany, injuring the pilot as he ejected to safety, authorities said. A police spokesman from the city of Trier said the A-10 Thunderbolt went down near the town of Laufeld, between the former West German capital of Bonn and Trier. The spokesman, speaking on a departmental policy of anonymity, said the pilot has been hospitalized but had no further details. The jet crashed in a field just a few hundred yards from Laufeld's residential area and the town's mayor, Karl-Josef Junk, told the German news agency DAPD that a catastrophe was "narrowly avoided." The aircraft, also known as the Warthog, was part of the 81st Fighter Squadron at the Spangdahlem Air Base, in Rhineland Palatinate, said Senior Airman Nathanael Callon, a spokesman for the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem. Callon confirmed the afternoon crash. "That is all the information we have at this time," he said. The twin-engine A-10 is used to provide close air support for ground forces by attacking tanks and other targets. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/01/german-police-say-military-plane-crashes-pilot-injured/#ixzz1IInBPUEI It's a good thing that this is Early Access and we've all volunteered to help test and enhance this work in progress... despite the frustrations inherent in the task with even the simplest of software... otherwise people might not understand that this incredibly complex unfinished module is unfinished. /light-hearted sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli360 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Aprils fools??? Sorry but this morning my preagnet wife got me good by calling saying her wather broke. I nearly passed out. so now I don't take news lightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentLaw Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What a perfect marketing opportunity for ED! More DTS = more practice = better pilots = less crashes That guy probably just needs to put some more hours into DCS: A-10C. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongHarm Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 No, this one is real. Check the link. I told my wife I had to shoot someone (she knows I always carry). I called her with an online police scanner playing in the background and gave her the name and number of a bailbondsman. She's still mad. :megalol: It's a good thing that this is Early Access and we've all volunteered to help test and enhance this work in progress... despite the frustrations inherent in the task with even the simplest of software... otherwise people might not understand that this incredibly complex unfinished module is unfinished. /light-hearted sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToWcH Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 No, this one is real. Check the link. I told my wife I had to shoot someone (she knows I always carry). I called her with an online police scanner playing in the background and gave her the name and number of a bailbondsman. She's still mad. :megalol: haahaha....no dcs A-10c for you. for the time being:smilewink::lol: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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