Sunday, December 18, 2011

Green Pilot Down

This news says it was pilot error that caused us to lose an F-15 over Libya (and not mechanical failure):

The U.S. Air Force has released the investigation report on the loss of an F-15E fighter bomber over Libya last March. At first, the loss was attributed to mechanical failure. But a more exhaustive investigation found that the main cause was pilot error (misunderstanding of flight characteristics under certain load conditions).

That's a relief. It will be a while before F-35s start showing up in our inventory.