Don Chan13 September 2011:
F-5F. 5401. C/N 83-0127.
RF-5E. 5506. 30093. C/N VG.1050.
12th TRS, 401st Composite Wing, ROCAF, based at Hua Lien AB.
During night tactical recon training, crashed into mountain, Yi Lan County, and caught fire.
RF-5 was leader. F-5 was wingman.
Rescue teams found debris at altitude 300 m, near 116.4 km spot of Su-Hua highway (highway between Su Ao Town, Yi Lan County, and Hua Lien City, Hua Lien County), and were hindered by darkness, fog, and rain.
Three pilots missing.
RF-5 pilot: Captain XIAO Wen Min. 29. 775 hours.
Class of 93 (Min Guo 93 + 11 = 2004). Unmarried.
F-5 pilot: Lieutenant Colonel CHANG Jian Guo. 41. 2,654 hours.
Class of 82. Married.
F-5 co-pilot: Major WANG Hong Xiang. 36. 1,862 hours.
Class of 87. Married, with two sons.
http://news.chinatimes.com/focus/50109580/112011091400090.html
has their photos, from top: Chang, Wang, and Xiao.
7:39 PM, took off at Hua Lien AB.
7:48 PM, radio lost contacts.
7:52 PM, radar lost contacts, four NM east of Yi Lan.
About 8 PM, 10+ fishermen and locals at Su Ao phoned the cops, and claimed they witnessed two fighters flew very low, and crashed into mountain.
The ROC MND news site has an article dated 2008/07/06, with small photo, at
http://mna.gpwb.gov.tw/MNANew/Internet/NewsDetail.aspx?GUID=41222
about a CHANG Jian Guo (exact same words), but this is a retired ROCAF NCO mechanic, not pilot.
http://www2.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=FirstNews&ID=201109130071
http://estock.marbo.com.tw/asp/board/v_subject.asp?BoardID=5&ID=6407849
http://tw.nextmedia.com/rnews/article/SecID/102/art_id/72440/IssueID/20110913/page/1
http://tw.nextmedia.com/rnews/article/SecID/102/art_id/72426/IssueID/20110913
http://udn.com/NEWS/SOCIETY/SOC2/6587733.shtml
Photos (F-5F 5401):
http://www.mamboccv.com/TAIWN.html
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/a380/34677079
http://jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=5401
http://media.photobucket.com/image/f-5f%205401/fights35/F-5E-5401.jpg?o=1
Photos (RF-5E 5506):
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=VG1050&distinct_entry=true
http://blog.roodo.com/fck1/archives/9844661.html
Don Chan17 August 2011:
AW139.
Bei Jing Municipal Public Security Bureau Air Corps.
http://www.bjgaj.gov.cn/eng/?COLLCC=807844921&
About 9:12 AM, after SAR training, during RTB, crashed into Mi Yun reservoir, 2-3 klicks from shore, near Huang Tu Kan Village, Bu Lao Tun Town, Mi Yun County.
At first, four of five crew missing, then confirmed as KIAs.
DU Zhi Jing, WANG Bo, TANG Guo Qiang, and XING Song Bo.
About 10 AM, the fifth was rescued, albeit wounded (fractures).
LI Jie.
Reportedly, he was thrown out of the helo, and into the water. Soon, taken to the Mi Yun County people’s hospital.
Said SAR training was to practise for: in rural counties of Bei Jing, recent heavy rains caused floodings and landslides that trapped and wounded people (hikers, villagers, &c), who’d to be airlifted.
Local witnesses claimed: about 8 AM, while they were working, they saw the helo loitered above the reservoir. They seldom saw heloes, so they gawked at the helo while they worked.
About 9 AM, the helo began to descend, nose-down, flew lower and lower, and crashed into the reservoir. It didn’t smoke before the crash, and didn’t explode after the crash.
They wanted to rescue the helo crew, but they didn’t have any boat, so they phoned the authorities.
About 10 AM, one of the speed boats that came to the crash site, rescued one crew from the water, and sped away.
Two other police heloes came to loiter above the crash site, and departed after tens of minutes, while the surface units searched for the wreck and the other crew.
In the afternoon, despite poor (if any) underwater visibility, divers claimed the helo was upside-down, 13 m below surface level.
They also recovered debris to the pier: doors, helmets, seats, window frames, &c.
By 10 PM, two bodies were recovered.
On 18 August, about noon, the other two bodies were recovered.
On 19 August, about 3 PM, the helo was salvaged. Except broken main rotor blades, the fuselage seemed intact.
About 5 PM, the salvage ship delivered the helo to the main dam, where a crane vehicle awaited.
On 22 August, Bei Jing People’s Government authorised to recognise the four crew as “martyrs”.
On 25 August, the four crew’s funeral ceremony.
The corps had about 10 pilots, who all came from PLA Aviation and PLAAF, with minimum 900+ flight hours.
http://big5.china.com/gate/big5/military.china.com/news/03/11078238/20110826/16732720.html
http://big5.chinanews.com:89/gn/2011/08-26/3284819.shtml
http://big5.chinanews.com:89/gn/2011/08-20/3271403.shtml
Don ChanTransformers-inspired J-20:
http://tuku.military.china.com/military/html/2011-09-09/182945_1899841.htm
变形金刚版歼20异常生猛 (1/13)
2011-09-09
Don Chanhttp://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/article/2011091090090035.html
9 September 2011:
JMOD added another 3 billion Yen in fiscal year 2011, third amendment budget.
At Sendai AP, one JGSDF EC225 helicopter for government use, and two JMSDF TC-90 trainers were overhaulled by aircraft maintenance company based at Sendai City, and damaged by tsunami on 11 March.
Because EC225 and one TC-90 had dismounted engines, they were not “aircraft subjected to aviation use”, insurance did not cover them, and the country was responsible for their total costs.
Insurance covered the other TC-90 with engine, and paid the country.
Don Chan7 September 2011:
F-4.
JASDF.
12:00, during test flight by Mitsubishi, fuel leak from fuselage bottom, and emergency landed at Aichi Prefectural Nagoya AP.
Runway temporarily closed.
FDA [Fuji Dream Airlines] flight from Nagoya to Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, delayed 15 minutes.
11:35, F-4 took off.
11:45, 5,800 m above Hida, Gifu Prefecture, wingman saw fuel leak as mist from fuselage, and returned to base.
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/article/2011090790202658.html
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110907-00000108-mai-soci
Don Chan6 August 2011:
Three F-16.
USAF, based at Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
16:00, emergency landed at Hachinohe JMSDF AB, Aomori Prefecture.
17:48, one departed.
17:52, another departed.
Third scheduled to depart on 7 August.
Accident cause investigating.
http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2011/20110907095624.asp
Don Chanhttp://www.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/20110316-866918/news/20110905-OYT1T01172.htm
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20110905-OYT1T01172.htm
5 September 2011:
JMOD announced will buy six US used C-130 transports to replace and retire three JMSDF YS-11 transports.
Will add 12 billion Yen in fiscal year 2011, third amendment budget.
JMSDF has three YS-11 at Atsugi AB, Kanagawa Prefecture.
YS-11 can carry a few tons cargo, and range 2,800 km.
C-130 can carry 20 tons cargo, and range 4,000 km.
JASDF has 15 C-130.
(Evidently, JMOD doesn’t wait for C-2.)
Don ChanFinally found a comprehensive list (in Jap) of aircraft types, serial numbers, and conditions of the fixed- and rotary-wing, civilian and military aircraft wiped out at Sendai AP and Matsushima AB.
http://www.hikojour.jp/hikojourE/hikojourE0001-11.html
WRT the colours in the first column, blue is OK, yellow is unknown, and red is “wet and wild”.
OTOH, the Netter treats the displayed and retired F-86, F-104, &c, as OK.
Don Chan] 18 July 2011:
] * RUMOUR *
] J-8 x 2.
http://club.mil.news.sina.com.cn/thread-390356-1-1.html
Reportedly, photo of crash site of J-7 (not J-8) of Lan Zhou AF, PLAAF.
Two J-7s collided.
One pilot survived; and another didn’t.
Don Chanhttp://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/110904/trd11090407010000-n1.htm
FWIW, news article dated 2011.09.04, with photos of retired F-4EJ Kai and RF-4EJ displayed at Ibaraki AP, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Don Chanhttp://www.baesystems.com/Newsroom/NewsReleases/autoGen_11173015056.html
BAE Systems Completes Successful Test of Mk 38 Tactical Laser System Concept
30 Aug 2011 | Ref. 158/2011
ARLINGTON, Virginia – BAE Systems, Boeing, and the U.S. Navy recently conducted a successful test of the Mk 38 MOD 2 Tactical Laser System (TLS) concept at Eglin Air Force Base in Eglin, Fla.
Don Chan29 August 2011:
Hawker Hunter F.58. N322AX.
ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company).
18:10, two US jet fighters emergency landed at Okayama AP, Okayama Prefecture.
After landing, one parked at taxiway at centre of AP.
Another parked near terminal building.
One visibly leaked fuel from fuselage.
Firemen used absorb mats to recover leaked fuel.
3,000 m runway temporarily closed.
Civil flights not affected.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110829-00000108-mai-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110829-00000108-mai-soci.view-000
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110829-00001002-yom-soci
Don Chan22 August 2011:
* RUMOUR *
* RUMOUR *
BZK-005. Stealth UAV.
PLA General Staff Department, PLA.
Took off from Sha He AP, Bei Jing.
After or during training, crashed into forest, and burnt, near a corn farm, at a village, near Xing Tai, He Bei Province. To be exact, near T-junction of Xu Yang Avenue and national highway 107, Yan Jia Tun Town, Xing Tai County.
No one wounded.
Fire department, Gong An (police), and soldiers came to blockade the crash site, and by same night, recovered the wreck.
http://www.singtao.com/breakingnews/20110825e111305.asp
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110825-00000093-jij-int
http://news.mingpao.com/20110825/caa1.htm
Don Chan24 August 2011:
F-16. 6692.
401st Composite Wing, ROCAF, based at Hua Lien AB.
After 9 AM, during landing, flew too low, and left landing gear hit and broke lightning rod and metal frame on a power lines pole, 11 m AGL, at entrance of 12 Lane, Jia Bei 2 Street, Xin Cheng Town. Loud noise surprised residents.
Jia Xin Village mayor QIU Ming Xiong claimed fighters usually landed more to the north of the densely populated 12 Lane.
About 6-7 AM, two sorties of F-16s took off for regular training.
After 9 AM, F-16s RTB.
ROCAF explained they were landing on a combat-readiness runway that was seldom used.
Photos:
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110824/1/2xgd3.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110824/5/2xgco.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110824/5/2xge6.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110824/1/2xgb8.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110824/8/2xge7.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110824/51/2xha0.html
http://web.pts.org.tw/php/news/pts_news/detail.php?NEENO=189068
Don Chanhttp://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110823/t10015075611000.html
23 August 2011:
F-2.
JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture.
JMOD decided to repair six F-2, and would request repair fees in this fiscal year, third budget amendment, after new prime minister administration.
After examinations, tail fins and parts of engines could be re-used.
Electronics could not be re-used.
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