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Comments on: My Condolences https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34385 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:48:08 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34385 He was a First Lieutenant, which would have made him the wingman. The only reason I mentioned the possibility is that the ejection system should have protected the pilot. This wasn’t a normal punch out.

]]> By: Badtux https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34383 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:13:32 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34383 I’ve always said that fighter pilots have the best jobs in the world. Birds are jealous of these flyboys. They can do things with their jets that make amusement park rides look like a nap.

This, unfortunately, is the downside of that. Ah well. One thing you can guarantee — this kid died doing what he loved to do. As for the possibility of this being another F-15C that came apart because they’ve been worn out by the Iraq and Afghanistan wars… I just don’t want to think about that right now, because then I’ll start cursing and my blood pressure will shoot up and… well, I’m not going there. Sigh.

– Badtux the Flightless Penguin

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34361 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:14:02 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34361 It’s a bit depressing the number of days the base flags are at half-staff and the number of “missing man” formations when the funerals are local.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34358 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:08:41 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34358 This saddens me greatly. Dying in combat and dying in training or preparation for combat are equally to be honored as far as I’m concerned. My condolences.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34355 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:04:13 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34355 The Nomads are the unit that has flown the missions over Iraq since the end of the first Gulf War, they were they unit affected by the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, and they are actively engaged in all current aerial combat.

I have to wonder if, rather than touched wingtips, this wasn’t another F-15C coming apart under stress.

]]> By: fallenmonk https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34348 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:03:40 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34348 It is always a tragedy when someone dies training. It unfortunately happens all to often. The reality is that this work is dangerous and not just for fighter pilots. All our military take risks everyday in training so that they can be prepared when the need arises. That is part of what makes the sacrifice they are making in Iraq so tragic.

]]> By: andante https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34347 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:45:29 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34347 My condolences also. Non-combat military deaths are as much, if not perhaps more, a sacrifice for the country as those in combat.

]]> By: Kryten42 https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/comment-page-1/#comment-34346 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:39:39 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/20/my-condolences/#comment-34346 My sincere condolences also.

Rest in Peace.

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