F-22 Raptor missing in Alaska - search on going . . .

[bizjets101]

http://www.jber.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123231162

An Air Force F-22 assigned to the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Alaska time today while on a routine training mission.

Just reported to the press in the last hour, search currently on going.

Only update so far; aircraft was a F-22A (One pilot), no distress calls were heard, aircraft dropped off radar 90 miles NE of Elmendorf Air Force Base.

Weather conditions reported as 'fair', and mission described as a training flight.

[bizjets101]

Here is a brief report of the only fatal F-22 that crash in 2009 - aircraft was in a steep dive at 3,900 feet and 1.49 seconds from impact when the pilot ejected.

FlightGlobal March 25/09 accident.

F-22A Nellis AFB, Las Vegas

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[twinpratts]

What a $hit hot airplane...

[MrWings]

What did they expect?

They're probably wishing they hadn't made it so stealthy now. That thing will be impossible to find.

[. ._]

You bastard. I gotta go downstairs now and get a paper towel to clean up all the beer that I just spit all over my desk.

-istp

[into the blue]

Hoping that the pilot is safely hanging on a tree branch somewhere.

[bizjets101]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_D._Button

Recall the A-10 that went missing in 1997, it took 3 days to track where it went,
and they almost 3 weeks to find it!!!

Never did find the bombs.

The F-22A wreckage has been spotted near Denali National Park.

No other update at this time!!

[~Hollywood~]

Not good news...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/19/alaska ... tml?hpt=T2

Washington (CNN) -- Search-and-rescue teams have found "conclusive evidence" that the pilot of an F-22 aircraft that crashed Tuesday night while on a routine training mission in Alaska did not survive, the military said Friday.

Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Haney, who was assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, has been missing since the crash, though crews have found the wreckage of the plane.

"Based on evidence recovered from the crash site, and after two days of extensive aerial and ground search efforts, we know that Captain Haney did not eject from the aircraft prior to impact," said Air Force Col. Jack McMullen, 3rd Wing commander, in a written statement late Friday.

A recovery team found part of the ejection seat and several life support items that Haney wore during the flight.

"Sadly, we can no longer consider this a search-and-rescue operation, but must now focus on recovery operations," McMullen said.

The wreckage was discovered Wednesday, a day after the aircraft lost contact with air traffic control, according to officials from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson at Anchorage, Alaska.

The plane was found near a creek bed between two mountains, about 100 miles north of Anchorage, near Denali National Park.

The Clarklake, Michigan, native was commissioned in the Air Force in August 2003 and had been stationed at the base in Alaska since June 2006.

[Takeoff OK]

Just finished a 2-day trip with a captain who was good friends in college with the aviator in question. He spent most of today trying to find updates on his iphone. A couple hours later I learn I lost a former student at Seneca.

A strange day, and a very sad day for many many people.

RIP Mr. Yousofunny. You were a class act, and you will be missed.

[W5]

US Air Force confirms F-22 pilot died in crash

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... crash.html

[flyincanuck]

A strange day, and a very sad day for many many people.

RIP Mr. Yousofunny. You were a class act, and you will be missed.

You've got that right. +1.