webfact Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 F5E jet fighter crashes in Ubon Ratchathani Ubon Ratchathani - A F5E jet fighter crashed in this northeastern province Wednesday, killing the pilot. The plane crashed in Ban Kengkheng in Tambon Kengkheng in Ubon Ratchathani's Kudkhaopoon disstrict at 11:30 am. Police said the pilot was killed. -- The Nation 2009/12/23 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman961 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 R.I.P. Thought it has been a bit quiet the last couple of days. Any idea what went wrong? They usually fly over my house, in circles, all day, round and round and round. I tell you, if any hostile air force ever flies an aircraft into Ubon airspace and tries to do a circle... they've had it! Circle masters here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBWG Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Bit quiet on the press coverage front! Still s'pose it is a bit embarrasing.Maybe the pilot became dizzy with all those circles! TBWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMock Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Air traffic controller told me that he had a young wife who was pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtown Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 when i was in ubon last month, i noticed the fighter jets fly really low over Chaiyunkoon Road, scared the shit out of me coming out of Kasingtorn. my thoughts go out to his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waza Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 RIP, My last trip to Ubon the jets came so low and fast they set off the car alarms near my hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nignoy Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 the thai pilots are only doing exactly the same as the usaf used to do when they were based in ubon,flying mock strafing runs along the amnat to muk road, bombing friendly camps on the way with toilet tissues and we the phantoms visiting cards,pity about the dead pilot though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) Sad news. A very old airframe, last F5Es were produced in 1987. The RTAF was to replace all their F5s in 2011. Not soon enought for this poor pilot. RIP Edited December 30, 2009 by Rdrokit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Sad news. A very old airframe, last F5Es were produced in 1987. The RTAF was to replace all their F5s in 2011. Not soon enought for this poor pilot. RIP Those 6 (now sadly 5) jets come over our house occasionally near Kantaralak - presumably on their way to do a ritual scare of Cambodian troops at Praa Wihan! When you are sitting outside MeMock's place (Peppers) in Ubon, enjoying your breakfast, it can be pretty scary when they all decide to land in sequence - they come about 100 feet directly over your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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