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Title: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: freakazoid on July 11, 2017, 04:44:51 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/11/marine-aircraft-crash-at-least-12-bodies-recovered-from-mississippi-crash-site.html

Crashed somewhere in Mississippi. Sounds like they are still looking for bodies. :'(
I was expecting another MV-22 crash, turns out it was a KC-130, refueling plane.

edit - And of course the left can't help themselves to trashing Trump in the comments.

Title: Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: 230RN on July 11, 2017, 05:18:36 AM

Damn.  Awaiting  more facts.

^  "edit - And of course the left can't help themselves to trashing Trump in the comments."

Ring bell, dogs salivate.

Terry

Title: Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: Hawkmoon on July 11, 2017, 12:14:10 PM

I didn't know the Marines operated tankers. And why would a tanker have a crew of 16, including a corpsman (a medic) on board?

The aircraft may have been a KC-130, but I'm going to offer a SWAG that this was a training mission for some sort of special operations team.

Title: Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: 230RN on July 11, 2017, 12:46:57 PM

I wondered about the number aboard, but didn't know how many separate functions were required. I figured maybe they were transporting other folks not related to refueling?

Title: Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: PEfarmer on July 11, 2017, 12:50:01 PM

I don't know anything about a KC130, but have caught a ride (along with 40 or so others) on a KC10 in the past, so at least some tankers can pull double duty.

Title: Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: RocketMan on July 11, 2017, 01:55:22 PM

Quote from: Hawkmoon on July 11, 2017, 12:14:10 PM

I didn't know the Marines operated tankers. And why would a tanker have a crew of 16, including a corpsman (a medic) on board?

The aircraft may have been a KC-130, but I'm going to offer a SWAG that this was a training mission for some sort of special operations team.

The Marines have had KC-130 tanker aircraft for many years, dating back to at least Vietnam.  They have used the KC-130s in the refueling role for their air assets almost forever.  They also routinely use them as cargo haulers, moving Marines and their equipment all over the place.
I rode around in enough of them during my time in that some of my hearing problems might be due to how loud they are inside.  The ones I flew in weren't much for creature comforts.

Title: Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
Post by: Firethorn on July 11, 2017, 03:06:55 PM

Quote from: Hawkmoon on July 11, 2017, 12:14:10 PM

I didn't know the Marines operated tankers. And why would a tanker have a crew of 16, including a corpsman (a medic) on board?

The tanker was part of a training flight relocating a team to California when it crashed.  The dead includes passengers.