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Showing posts with label F-15E Strike Eagle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F-15E Strike Eagle. Show all posts

Saturday, May 28, 2011

ACC AERIAL EVENTS SCHEDULE for June 2011.

4-5
Rockford, IL
Air Show
F-15E SE, HF?
4-5
Ellsworth AFB, SD
Open House
F-16 West, 1 x B-1 Flyover (4)
4-5
Manitowoc, WI
Air Show
A-10 East, F-16 East
11
Hemet Ryan, CA
Air Show
A-10 West, HF P-38
11-12
Ocean City, MD
Air Show
F-22, HF P-51
11-12
Evansville, IN
Air Show
F-15E SE
11-12
Bagotville, QC Canada
Air Show
F-16 East
18
Denton, TX
Air Show
F-16 West
18-19
Gaylord, MI
Air Show
A-10 East
18-19
Olympia, WA
Air Show
A-10 West, HF A-1
18-19
Davenport, IA
Air Show
F-15E SE, HF P-51
24
Caldwell, ID
Air Show
A-10 West, HF P-51
25
Wendover, UT
Air Show
F-16 West
25-26
North Kingstown, RI
Open House
F-16 East, F-22, HF 2 x P-51
25-26
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Air Show
A-10 East

Single-Ship Demonstrations are indicated by the team name: A-10 East from Moody; A-10 West from Davis-Monthan; 
F-15E SE (SE = Strike Eagle) from Seymour-Johnson; F-16 East from Shaw; F-16 West from Hill; F-22 East from Langley. 
Heritage Flight is shown by the letters "HF" followed by the type aircraft flying with the demo team.  TBD = To be Determined.
(xx, xx) shows the date(s) a team or aircraft will perform at that location if different than the Date column. 

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

F-15E Strike Eagle Crashed while over Libya. Pilots Rescued.

 (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Passmore)

US Africa Command confirms a Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle crashed overnight in Libya becoming the first coalition aircraft lost while enforcing a no-fly-zone since 19 March.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but US forces also say both crew members ejected after the F-15E "experienced equipment malfunction".
Both crew members ejected over rebel-held territory, which generally extends east of the city of Ajdabiya on the Mediterranean coast, and are safe.
The crash occurred as the coalition extended the no-fly-zone westward from Benghazi to as far as Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
"I'm not concerned at this point about mission creep," Gen Carter Ham, chief of Africa Command, told reporters on 21 March. "I think our mission is clear and we're moving forward."
Three US Air Force F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath have been committed to enforcing the no-fly-zone, along with a wide range of coalition partners, including French Rafales and Mirage 2000s, Canadian CF-18s, Danish F-16s, Spanish F/A-18s and British Tornados and Typhoons. Qatar also has committed a detachment of Mirage 2000-5s.
The coalition force is flying about 70-80 sorties daily, with the majority flown by non-US forces, Ham says.
The USAF also confirms that a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk flew in support of no-fly-zone operations before 21 March. No other unmanned aircraft systems from any country are acknowledged to have joined the operation.