webfact Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 F16 crashes in Chaiyaphum Channel 7 reported that an F16 jet fighter crashed in a national park in Chaiyaphum Monday morning. The station reported that the two pilots managed to eject their seats from the plane and parachuted to the ground safely. -- The Nation 2011-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 F16 fighter jet taking part in Cobra Gold military exercises crash at Tardtone Waterfall in Chaiyaphum, pilot safe /TAN_Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Royal Thai Air Force F-16 fighter crashes in Chaiyaphum during Cobra Gold exercise; helicopters sent on search and rescue mission /MCOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pi Sek Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 This must have been a setup so that the military can demand a new F16. Seriously though, glad the pilot & co-pilot are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFeelIt Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Didn't another one go down not so long ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) "friendly fire" from some poorly trained but trigger happy fellow soldiers from a "friendly army"? on some military exercises they do use real (sharp) munition Edited February 14, 2011 by londonthai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 UPDATE Two F16s crashes in Chaiyaphum By The Nation Chaiyaphum Two F16 jet fighters taking part in the Cobra Gold war exercise collided mid-air and crashed on a mountain in Chaiyaphum Monday morning. TV reports said pilots of the two planes ejected themselves out of the planes in time. The authorities have been trying to locate and recue the two pilots from the forest. Local villagers said they saw a plane crashed on the Lankha Mountain in Muang district. The villagers said the planes were seen going down in the area of Wang Phone village in Tambon Thahin-ngo, next to Kaengkro district. -- The Nation 2011-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Two F16 jet fighters taking part in the Cobra Gold war exercise collided mid-air and crashed on a mountain in Chaiyaphum Monday morning. There goes 1/2 the Thai Airforce in one hit. Looks like they couldn't find the 'enemy' so practiced on each other! I'm thinking Cobra Gold will be winding up early this year through lack of competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 ups, another tens of millions of $ wasted (on top of the cobra gold exercises) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Oh dear oh dear. Hope everyone got out ok. And this is practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 No doubt someone will blame the cambodians or thaksin for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAWP Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Every airforce has crashes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Every airforce has crashes... Did someone suggest they don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Just hoping those pilots were not on their mobile phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud1 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 If they fly planes like they drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 And there goes the competitive edge in the Cambodian crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 General Dynamics are going to be happy about this. I feel a couple of replacements coming up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Every airforce has crashes... Did someone suggest they don't? It is a mute topic in Thailand. How many Harrier jump jets still flying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 $50 million apiece. Anyone know if the blame game has begun yet? Cannot possibly be pilot error, can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losangels Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Wonder if the Cambodian airforce has anything to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 No doubt someone will blame the cambodians or thaksin for this i don't want to disappoint anyone, so let me be the first to blame thaksin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I think the last trans mission from the lead plane was "stay on my wing - close up - no wait - not that ----" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 No doubt someone will blame the cambodians or thaksin for this i don't want to disappoint anyone, so let me be the first to blame thaksin Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 were the pilots wearing helmets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 JET CRASH Pilots of two F16s crashes in Chaiyaphum are safe By The Nation Chaiyaphum Chaiyaphum - Pilots of two F16 jet fighters which collided in mid-air during the Cobra Gold war exercise in Chaiyaphum province Monday morning ejected safely. The Two F16 jet fighters taking part in the Cobra Gold war exercise collided mid-air and crashed on a mountain in Chaiyaphum Monday morning. TV reports said pilots of the planes ejected themselves out of the planes in time. The authorities have been trying to locate and recue the two pilots from the forest. Local villagers said they saw a plane crashed on the Lankha Mountain in Muang district. The villagers said the planes were seen going down in the area of Wang Phone village in Tambon Thahin-ngo, next to Kaengkro district. The planes were taking part in the Cobra Gold exercise in Nakhon Ratchasima but they collided over Wang Phone village. Air Force spokesman AM Monthol Satchanukorn told The Nation that two F16 fighters disappeared from the radar screen at 10:20 am. The two were among four F16 jets from the Wing Command 1 in Nakhon Ratchasima, which joined the Cobra Gold exercise. Monthol said Air Force Commander-in-Chief ACM Itthaporn Supawong had dispatched a helicopter and some vehicles to search for the two pilots. -- The Nation 2011-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pi Sek Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Is someone going to have to be reassigned to an inactive post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Two jet fighters crash in Thailand: air force BANGKOK, February 14, 2011 (AFP) - Two Thai air force F-16 jet fighters crashed Monday in northeastern Thailand during a joint exercise with the US military but neither pilot was injured, an official said. "A team was sent to investigate the crash. We don't know yet what caused it," Air Vice Marshall Monthon Satchukorn, a spokesman for the Royal Thai Air Force, told AFP. He said the fighters disappeared from the radar screen during the exercise and were later found by local villagers. The two pilots ejected and were safe. Local media reports suggested the two planes may have collided but Monthon said it was too early to speculate about what happened. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2011-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong38 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Every airforce has crashes... The RAF has recently lost 2 Tornados in the Scottish Highlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 The F-16's in RTAF are probably F-16A/B block 15, last delivered around 1995. They may have been in the schedule to upgrade to Block 50, but not sure that was still on. That upgrade was supposed to help extend the life time to 2020-2025. Luckily a few Saab JAS 39 Gripen are on the way, although mostly meant as replacement for the Northrop F-5. The F-5 had a major role in the Vietnam war I think, less than 50 years ago. Amazing some of these planes can still fly. Not really amazing they have become accident prone and somewhat less reliable. It's probably like driving a 60's sports car at top-speed for an hour and spending months to get it into a decent shape again (assuming you can find / make spare parts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louialive Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am glad both pilots are ok. But surely there must be falang at fault somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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