http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32762937/IssueID/20100825
News vid, dated 2010/08/25, of ROCAF F-16s role-play as aggressors for ROCAF towed AA guns and wheeled mobile SAMs demonstration.
Bonus: squid, eh, squad female leader First Lieutenant Chen.
28 August 2010:
CH-47J.
Misawa Helicopter Kuuyutai, JASDF, based at Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
15:15, during cargo flight to base at Okushiritou Island, Hiyama, Hokkaidou, emergency landed at ground of [Hokkaidou Prefectural] Fukushima Commercial High School, Fukushima Town, Oshima, Hokkaidou.
Five crew. No person wounded.
Pilot was Major Koganemaru Masamitsu.
14:35, took off, at Misawa AB.
15:00, crew found lubricant oil leak from above cargo area, possibly propeller turning and driving area.
http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/misawa/butai/miheri/index.html
Misawa Helicopter Kuuyutai.
http://www.fukushima-ch.fks.ed.jp/
http://www.fukushima-ch.fks.ed.jp/01_gakkou-gaiyou/01_7_map/01_7_map.htm
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B3%B6%E7%9C%8C%E7%AB%8B%E7%A6%8F%E5%B3%B6%E5%95%86%E6%A5%AD%E9%AB%98%E7%AD%89%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1
Fukushima Commercial High School.
http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/donai/248444.html
http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/flash/article.aspx?id=20100828000351
http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2010/20100828212242.asp
http://www.topics.or.jp/worldNews/worldFlash/2010/08/2010082801000617.html
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20100828-OYT1T00738.htm
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100828-00000738-yom-soci
24 August 2010:
C-130.
JASDF.
Night, after landed at New Delhi, India, during check, engine malfunctioned. Delayed flight to Multan, Pakistan.
One of flight of two. Accident C-130 carried one JGSDF UH-1.
Another C-130 carried maintenance equipment.
http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0825/TKY201008250191.html
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20100825-OYT1T00549.htm
http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/news/20100825k0000e040053000c.html
24 August 2010:
T-4.
2nd Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Chitose AB, Hokkaidou.
During weather observe flight above Chitose City, dropped bolt, nut, and washer that fasten metal panel of engine exhaust opening.
Size, 1 cm square. Weight, 1 g.
13:25, after one hour flight, during aircraft check, missing. Could not find in base.
http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/donai/247795.html
http://www.47news.jp/news/2010/08/post_20100824224239.html
24 August 2010:
CH-47JA.
12th Brigade, JGSDF, based at JGSDF Camp Soumagahara, Shintou City, Gunma Prefecture.
During navigation training flight, dropped metal pin to secure foothold for workers on the ground during engine inspection.
Diameter, 2 mm. Length, 5.8 cm. Weight, 3 g.
Between 13:15 and 15:10, flew from JGSDF Camp Soumagahara, to southern Gunma Prefecture and northwestern Dasaitama Prefecture.
After flight, during aircraft check, missing.
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/policy/100824/plc1008242322021-n1.htm
http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/201008/100819/10081908.htm
2010.07.30:
JASDF accident reports for F-2 at Gifu AB on 2010.04.26, and F-2 at Misawa AB on 2010.04.27.
At Gifu, after F-2 landed, landing gear handle was probably at down position, and F-2 stopped when handle was in the middle position of outputting landing gear up signal.
When front pilot started engine, landing gear began to operate up, and F-2 squatted.
At Misawa, when pilot started engine, landing gear was at down position, but landing gear selector valve that toggled landing gear down and up, formed hydraulic path for landing gear up.
Landing gear began to operate up, and F-2 squatted.
http://www.nikkansports.com/general/news/f-gn-tp0-20100427-623009.html
http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2010/20100427213951.asp
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100428-00000044-mailo-l02
http://mainichi.jp/area/aomori/news/20100428ddlk02040063000c.html
24 August 2010:
F-2B.
4th Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Higashi Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.
9:55, after training and after landing, while moving 10 km/h on taxiway, front and left and right landing gear retracted. Centre fuel tank collided taxiway surface, and slanted on left wing.
Damaged left wing.
Two pilots not wounded.
Front seat was trainee pilot. First Lieutenant (25).
Rear seat was instructor pilot. Major (38).
After similar F-2 accidents in 2010 April, before and during engine start, insert safety pins to landing gear legs.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/zoom/20100824-OYT9I01011.htm
Accident photo.
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2010082400791
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/macro/news/100824/mca1008241619012-n1.htm
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20100824-OYT1T00999.htm
http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/news/20100825k0000m040069000c.html
Reminds me of maybe one of the “There I Was…” comics in the Air Force Magazine published by the USAFA (USAF Association):
Beside an aerial tanker, an USAF jet fighter loops and rolls to impress the tanker crew.
The tanker crew said they could do better… and flew level and straight for a while.
Then the crew told the fighter jock that they just went to the toilet. 8D
] Seriously, anyone has a photo of the Su-34 kitchen
] and toilet yet?
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?150099-Sukhoi-Su-34-Fullback-cabin-%28REQ%29
01-25-2009
“there is a little toilet right between the 2 seats, the video shows the co-pilot demonstrating using it during a refueling. its probally [sic] portable cause the entry hatch is right there also…no back quarters or room to lie down, maybey [sic] you could stretch your legs out on the toilet and lean back on the wall and nap..”
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4757079&c=AIR&s=TOP
India Developing Laser-Based Anti-Missile Systems
Published: 25 Aug 2010 17:01
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI – Indian scientists are developing laser-based anti-ballistic missile systems called Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs).
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/romanian-lasers-tornado-fighter-jet-23648.html
“Romanian Lasers Tornado Fighter Jet”
21st of August 2010 | 09:59 GMT | Daniel Patrascu
A very peculiar incident took place near Cupar, Fife, at the local Cairnie Fruit Farm in the UK earlier this week.
Here, for the first time in the history of aviation, an unarmed individual nearly brought down a Tornado fighter aircraft, piloted by an RAF top gun.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-08/19/content_14039392.htm
Retired Chicom J-6s (various S/Ns), J-12 (01 Red, with a shaft up its ****), HQ-7s, &c.
Wednesday, 18 August 2010:
Bell 412EP. MH796 “Akiduru” [“Autumn Crane”]. JA6796. C/N 36121.
6th Region JCG HQ, JCG, based at Hiroshima AB [Hiroshima AP], Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
15:10, during patrol, hit power lines between Sanagijima Island [Tadotsu Town, Kagawa Prefecture] and nearby [700 m] Ojima Island, and crashed into Seto Naikai [Seto Inland Sea], 460 m southeast of Sanagijima Island.
Water depth, 10 m. Witnessed by civilians on boats, ferries, and ground.
Five crew.
Pilot was Fujimoto Masahito (41).
Co-pilot was Takahashi Hitoshi (38).
Chief mechanic was Oodake Satoshi (56).
Mechanic was Okamoto Yasunobu (39).
Communications chief was Matsui Mitsuo (55).
Four crew recovered from underwater cockpit section. Unconscious, and confirmed killed later.
One crew missing. Chief mechanic Oodake.
August 21, 6:30, Oodake’s body recovered on sea surface by JCG patrol boat, 5.3 km southeast of crash site. Identified by name on orange suit.
13:45, took off, at Hiroshima AB, for oil leak and suspicious ship patrol, for 2.5 hours.
Shikoku Denryoku [Shikoku Electric Power Company] reported at accident time, power lines between Sanagijima Island [93 families for 128 residents] and Ojima Island were cut. Local temporary power loss.
Power lines height from sea surface, maximum 105 m. Length, 1,179 m. Voltage, 6,000 V.
Local Takami fishing association fishing boats participated rescue activity. Recovered floating fuselage and tail sections.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100821-00000541-san-soci
Co-pilot Takahashi was in pilot’s seat, to accumulate flight hours to certify for Bell 412EP pilot status. Pilot Fujimoto was in co-pilot’s seat.
Takahashi flew for JCG for 11 years, for 3,300 flight hours, but Bell 412EP time is 10 flight hours. Takahashi was in pilot’s seat when helicopter took off, and when body recovered from wreck.
Both seats had control sticks. During accident, unclear who had control.
http://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/06kanku/hiroshima_air_station/aircraft/796.html
Accident helicopter official photos.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%A9%E9%A3%BD%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6#.E4.BD.90.E6.9F.B3.E5.B3.B6
Sanagijima is one of Shiwaku Islands.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100818-00000142-jij-soci
Since 1980, seven JCG aircraft and helicopter crashes, and 11 persons killed. Four crashed into sea, and three crashed into mountain.
2008 December, during training, helicopter crashed into sea, near Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture.
1998, after night rescue training, crashed into sea, near Hokkaidou. Three killed. Four wounded.
1987, during search for missing person, aircraft crashed into mountain, Fukuoka City. Five killed.
http://www6.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/takamatsu/c_emergency/c_00main/c_0.html
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100818-00000019-maip-soci
17 August 2010:
*RUMOUR*
Military helo or military small plane, even MiG-17, MiG-19, or MiG-21?
North Korean AF, based at an AB near Sin Ui Ju City, North Korea.
Afternoon, about 4 PM, during training, defected (towards China or Russia?), ran out of fuel, and crashed, near La Gu Town, Fu Shun County, Liao Ning Province, China. Hit a civilian house, and crashed into a farm.
One pilot was killed.
No casualty on ground.
Fu Shun County is 200+ klicks from Sin Ui Ju City.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11008466
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7951771/Intelligence-experts-analyse-North-Korean-fighter-jet-crash.html
English.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g6uWFs6yHUSJ40tPbKfkSIxnteywD9HL78200
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100817/58/2b9xg.html
“Iranian fighter jet crashes near nuclear plant”
(AP) – 1 hour ago [2010/08/17]
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian fighter jet [F-4] crashed Tuesday in southern Iran near the country’s nuclear power plant that is to start up over the weekend, a semi-official news agency reported.
The two pilots ejected safely.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-08/16/content_14025234.htm
to
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-08/16/content_14025234_2.htm
Chicom Black Hawks tasked with SAR. Photos taken on or before 2010/08/16, but the serial number on the tail boom is greyed out. 8(
http://club.mil.news.sina.com.cn/viewthread.php?tid=201655###
Undated photo of three HKGFS Black Hawks.
http://www.chnmilitary.com/html/2010-06/7545.html
http://military.china.com/zh_cn/history4/62/20100630/16003802.html
Article dated 2010/06/30, about the Chicom Black Hawk that crashed on 1987/10/08.
Andre Kim, the ROK fashion designer who recently designed the new red scarf for ROKAF pilots, has bought the farm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Kim
“Andre Kim (Hangul: 앙드레 김) (August 24, 1935 – August 12, 2010) was a South Korean fashion designer based in Seoul, South Korea.
He was known predominantly for his evening and wedding gown collections.”
3 June 1968:
C-46. 6185 (not B-908).
6th Squadron, ROCAF.
During flight from Kang Shan to Taipei, crashed, near Xin Ying, Tai Nan County.
Pilot was YANG Shang Jie. 33rd Class.
40+ soldiers and relatives were killed.
ROC MND requested compensation NT$ 8,517.50 (?) for damage to SHEN Wang Long’s crop, in Liou Ying Town, Tai Nan County, and telecom equipment.
(B-908 was a civilian C-46 that crashed near Shen Gang, Tai Chung County, on 20 June 1964. 57 were killed, including Asian Film Festival personnel.)
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100814/2/2b33b.html
2010/08/14:
Crash site was near Tai Kang Village, Liu Ying Town, Tai Nan County, where a “72 holy persons temple” was built for the victims.
Reportedly, in recent years, the victims appeared in some persons’ dreams, to clarify they were martyrs, weren’t holy persons, and to request a monument.
Two years ago, one dreamer was Madame ZHANG Shu Nu, the abbot of Ci You Gong (Merciful Blessing Temple), Ping Tung. Yang’s classmate, XU Hao Ran (80, by August 2010), helped her, and a monument was completed by 28 February 2009.
Zhang ran a barber shop at Ping Tung AB, and one day, Xu was her customer. They chatted, and learnt Xu was Yang’s classmate.
Back then, Major Xu was a 6th Composite Wing (now 439th Composite Wing at Ping Tung AB) pilot. 33rd Class.
http://www.rocahc.org/memo/6.htm
http://archive.mnd.gov.tw/index/idx_items.asp?idx=00029357
http://archive.mnd.gov.tw/index/idx_items.asp?idx=00035166
http://nc.kl.edu.tw/bbs/archive/index.php/t-3081-p-8.html
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!.KIr8_yUEQNNnVB41BD7ldG1/article?mid=1989&prev=-2&next=-2&page=1&sc=1#yartcmt