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Incident at Nellis

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MRTT
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Incident at Nellis

Post by MRTT » Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:48 pm

Reports suggesting an aircraft has caught fire on take-off from Nellis, posts on Twitter identify it as an EA-18G.

http://www.nellis.af.mil/About/Press-Re ... orce-base/
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jackjak92
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Re: Incident at Nellis

Post by jackjak92 » Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:55 pm

Appears to be an RAAF Growler

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martmpf
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Re: Incident at Nellis

Post by martmpf » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:10 am

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/91 ... force-base
States an Australian F-18 and pilot ejected safely, but unconfirmed by other sources.
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Ross Forsyth
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Re: Incident at Nellis

Post by Ross Forsyth » Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:59 am

Doesn`t look like ejection was required as images show the Canopy in the open position,crew apparently unharmed.
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