Looks like the crew was rescued with minimal issue.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/na...Ronald-Reagan-Navy-Plane-Crash-500256131.html
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/na...Ronald-Reagan-Navy-Plane-Crash-500256131.html
Glad everyone's safe and hopefully has a badass story to tell for the rest of his/her career.
Of course, this kind of thing is bound to happen, from time to time. I'm curious- for anyone in the know... to what extent are projected maintenance issues "baked in" to Big Navy's buy of a series of jet?
Not to hijack the thread, but I believe this was a major factor in us getting the UH-60L remade into the MH-60S. The Army over-committed to Sikorsky, or under-attrited in the Gulf, depending on your perspective (paycheck), and Congress didn't want to shutdown the line.Short answer yes, attrition of the fleet over time is baked into the initial buy. Once the production line is shut down, it’s prohibitively expensive to restart.
My understanding was that during the mid 90s peace dividend Army Aviation had bills due for the RAH-66 and UH-60Ls that were in production but only funding enough for one. Army went all in on the RAH-66 (insert Indiana Jones "you chose poorly" joke here) and offered the in-production H-60s to the USN for "special friend price.". About this time USN was in desperate need of something, anything to replace the HC phrogs and the MH-60S was born.Not to hijack the thread, but I believe this was a major factor in us getting the UH-60L remade into the MH-60S. The Army over-committed to Sikorsky, or under-attrited in the Gulf, depending on your perspective (paycheck), and Congress didn't want to shutdown the line.
A rescue aircraft quickly plucked the pilots from the water and brought them back to the ship, the Navy said in a statement.
Or a Growler pic attached to the story?
But who likes Il-76s? *ducks flying tomatoes*Almost as good as the article I read this morning that said "The F-18 is the mainstay fighter jet of the U.S. Air Force."
Haven’t you seen The Rock?Almost as good as the article I read this morning that said "The F-18 is the mainstay fighter jet of the U.S. Air Force."
Word on the street here at NASNI is Mr. Scientology insisted on wearing black boots, even after repeatedly being told real NAs wear brown.