Off the coast of the United States, two F-18s collided.

Two American carrier-based fighter-bomber F-18 collided on the eve of the coast of North Carolina. As a result of the collision, the planes fell into the water, while the F-18 crews managed to survive. One American pilot was injured. This is reported by the TV channel MSNBC with reference to the US Coast Guard.

The report says that the pilots were picked up by a merchant ship, which took place in the square where the two aircraft collided. After the servicemen were taken aboard, they were handed over to the coast guard, who sent the pilots to a military hospital located in Norfolk.

Military Hospital (Norfolk)

The collision of two aircraft occurred during the execution of their regular training flight.

Pentagon officials have not yet commented on the reasons for the collision of two carrier-based fighter-bombers. In a statement, Peter Cook, a spokesman for the main US military department, said that "an inspection has been launched on the fact of a flight incident."

Medical workers at the hospital in Norfolk say that the lives of pilots are out of danger.

Comments

[K-50]

And do these air-blowers still teach how to behave Russian pilots?

[Kostyar]

Real "pros", faced ...?! Forehead to forehead what ...?!
How could they come across? They walked in one direction, otherwise no one would have survived!
Two minutes, for sure !!!

[Blondy]

Of course, pros - all survived, most likely in the Kukovsky manner before jumping.

[crumb]

Macain’s student

[st25310]

As they say in the censor, "they are heavier than air" ...

[Seren]

It's good that the pilots are alive. And collisions happen to everyone and always, remember the same Russian knights. We have 30 years ago a textbook story happened - during the development of the "dog dump" two F-15s collided, one of them was left completely without a wing and managed to land.

[The black]

The collision of two aircraft occurred during the execution of their regular training flight.

Maybe the lads practiced an air ram? .. Well then they are "set off" ... Nua in general - without regret, alive and well ...

[Delink]

This is an isolated case! What are you, they have aces!

[razmik72]

Quote: Delink

This is an isolated case! What are you, they have aces!

They don't have enough sky .

[B.T.V.]

Quote: razmik72

They don't have enough sky

"A man walks through the desert, looks, an Arab sits on the sand, comes up to him and says:" Hey, move over, I also want to sit down! "

[Hey]

The peasant turned out to be cunning; under Arab sand will be cooler.

[vorobey]

Quote: razmik72

Quote: Delink

This is an isolated case! What are you, they have aces!

They don't have enough sky .

thank god the water around is enough to not fall on cities .... and why am I not upset?

[Ami du peuple]

Film "Hot Heads" in real life. Apparently Lieutenant Jim "Sucks" Faffenbach was finally allowed to fly.
And here is the result.

[Deniska999]

Everyone has accidents. Both with them and with us.

[Sura]

This is another confirmation that the US army is degrading ... insufficient flight hours. Like ours in the nineties.

[eagle11]

If you believe that now the average annual raid in the Russian Aerospace Forces is higher than in the US Air Force, Naval Forces and the United States MP, then I want to upset you, this is far from the case.

[Starover_Z]

Quote: K-50

And do these air-blowers still teach how to behave Russian pilots?

Well, as the saying goes: "Everyone judges to the extent of his depravity."
Here they are, knowing how their "aces" fly, and they fear the approach of Russian fighters to their planes in the air!
I do not mean pilots of naval aviation, with aircraft carriers.
And overland to see those "masters" of aerobatics ...

[Altona]

Quote: Starover_Z

I do not mean pilots of naval aviation, with aircraft carriers.
And overland to see those "masters" of aerobatics ...

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So it is written that the pilots of "carrier-based aviation" collided. The most amazing thing is that the pilots were saved. So there is no silver lining, a flight accident will be studied for the reliability of rescue systems. And they could collide from anything.

[GSH-18]

Medical workers at the hospital in Norfolk say that the lives of pilots are out of danger.

This is still normal. Amer in fact 11 carrier-based air groups. Judging by publications of a state of emergency of this magnitude, they rarely happen.

[Aleksey888]

So they tried to make a "dangerous rapprochement" in Russian.

[almost demobil]

Surprisingly, I did not notice comments like: "The main thing is that the pilots are alive, and I don't mind the piece of iron, they are just soldiers and are doing their duty "And then earlier, such an opinion often slipped from the liberal-tolerant forum users.
Well, I regret what happened, it’s a pity that they were saved.

[bober1982]

Tired of such topics, they don’t write.

[sined0707]

Or maybe it's true

[Andrey Yuryevich]

everyone is alive, and to hell with them ... it happens ...

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Andrey Yurievich

everyone is alive, and to hell with them ... it happens ...

Minus two cars - also not bad)

[Ami du peuple]

Quote: Andrey Yurievich

everyone is alive, and to hell with them ... it happens ...

Yurich, do you know how the news of a similar incident with our planes would be titled on some Ukrainian "Censor"? Well, something like this: "Born to crawl cannot fly: two racial rusty fighters collided. The crews, unfortunately, survived."
We are kind people, nevertheless. And this inspires optimism - the victory will be ours! Good is always, sooner or later, evil conquers. Right?

[avvg]

Apparently the pilots have not flown for a long time.

[Delink]

Did not communicate by communication. Lost all skills on the ground.

[Reserve buildbat]

It was "perfectly safe and highly professional maneuvering"

[Yarik76]

Two cars minus - with the world on a string 'naked shirt!

[inkass_98]

Anything can happen, alive - and goodies. And they still rivet their own planes.

[iliitchitch]

Quote: inkass_98

Anything can happen, alive - and goodies. And they still rivet their own planes.

And for us something - cynically speaking, minus one of their asses is a plus for us. And if you think that I will pay, if they beat each other, then they went, and so did you. I better remember the Vietnamese village of Song Mi and Donbass. They went.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: inkass_98

And they still rivet their own planes.

But pilots can be completely removed from flight and written off ... Then it turns out -4! How do you like this arithmetic?)))

[techie]

The density of American fighters in the sky near the coast of North Carolina just rolls over. It is difficult to fly there in order not to collide with your own kind. But in addition to jokes, I decided to try to copy the air stunts of our pilots over the Baltic Sea and tov ... there was not enough professionalism.

[Hyperboreas]

Probably decided to repeat the aerobatics, which we perform "Knights" and "Swifts" !! But when hands grow from the wrong place, it is difficult to do it!

[sa-ag]

I am now waiting for a flight accident "on the other hand", this is already statistics, as soon as they write about something similar here, wait for a symmetrical event in the west

[iliitchitch]

And they grow up John McCain, a good heredity.

[V.ic]

Quote: iliitch

john mccain, good heredity

Does McCain have a good heredity?

[sgapich]

Well, yes, if in terms of the destruction of USAF aircraft, it’s very good.

[iliitchitch]

Quote: V.ic

Does McCain have a good heredity?

For us, yes.

[VeteranVS]

it’s not worth gloating, it’s aviation, it happens. managed to jump out, well, well done.

[fennekRUS]

I agree, most likely one of the pair "twisted" or lost control of the car, and both pulled the "red handle" But the cars without control collided. Overestimation of one's capabilities always leads to such consequences.

[Stas157]

Quote: VeteranVS

it’s not worth gloating, it’s aviation, it happens. managed to jump out, well, well done.

I agree, in a normal situation, yes. But, excuse me, there was so much gloating over us that our hands are crooked, everything breaks, everything falls! For any reason, the negative is in our direction! Our tragedies in cartoons Charlie Ebdo ridiculed. Maybe it's time to return the baton?
Now sanctions have been announced, and NATO soldiers are standing at our borders!
So, how can I not rejoice at their problems?

[iliitchitch]

Quote: Stas157

So, how can I not rejoice at their problems?

Run up, infection, and kick for no reason. And very proud of it will be. And how did the otvetka fly - so ah-ah, like, why are we for something? Why did they pester me?

[Taygerus]

-2 and high spirits in the morning

[dsm100]

Probably flew to red ... I did not miss the green ...

[EvilLion]

As usual, everyone is laughing, except for real pilots.

[almost demobil]

Quote: EvilLion

As usual, everyone is laughing, except for real pilots.

And I was surprised above that there are no such comments, but here he is, my dear, I suffered that our sworn friends almost died!

[edeligor]

Highly professional anal collision of high-tech aircraft under the control of the unrivaled ACS of our time. And in general, when the western elves look at themselves in the mirror, they experience an orgasm.

[Mountain shooter]

Most likely, the leader and follower clashed in a pair, otherwise no one would have survived. Stupid, of course, but it happens. Do not gloat. We, if you remember, when they gave kerosene in parts and the flight intensity increased sharply, there were also many flight accidents. Now pulled in, it seems to have become smaller.
And these are "palubniks", the elite of the Matrasia Air Force. Must be very well prepared. Did not help...

[Baloo]

Are the Khibins so far acting?

[vorobey]

Quote: Balu

Are the Khibins so far acting?

no ... full Khibiny sat behind the wheel

[iliitchitch]

Quote: Balu

Are the Khibins so far acting?

Ek really got hooked on them. Putin, Putin is again to blame. And the KGB.

[bober1982]

Collisions in the air are a fairly common type of flight accidents, for everyone. There may be fault and pilot (or both), or those who controlled them from the ground. Maybe there is no one's fault, this can also be. It is unlikely that they (Americans) will to tell something, so one can only guess.

[sgr291158]

And what can be expected from the army, where pederasts serve.

[V.ic]

The best joy for us is the grief of the sworn "partners".

[avg-mgn]

Pattern does not have a clue what is randomness.

[V.ic]

Quote: avg-mgn

Pattern does not have a clue what is randomness.

Shit! Open the Textbook of ES Ventzel "Probability Theory" or Gmurman V.E. "Probability theory and mathematical statistics" and your conviction will change the vector.

[gukoyan]

And this they changed course so as not to collide with a seagull)

[sergey2017]

Normal routine training flight! And how much professionalism! There are simply no words!

[mpzss]

Do you remember the movie "TOP GAN", how the main character "soaked" our MiGs !? and among themselves to part, or rather cannot fly apart!

[PKTRL]

F

Quote: Deniska999

Everyone has accidents. Both with them and with us.

Accidents adversary satisfied!

[bober1982]

It is not clear why they attached a photo of a military hospital? why it is necessary. A photo of the plane had to be laid out.

[Kamchatsky]

Quote: gukoyan

And this they changed course so as not to collide with a seagull)

Thanks to the seagull commander!

[Skubudu]

More to such lads in the US Air Force.

[Beetech]

Somewhere in the news feeds I read a comment:

"Apparently, they tried to create a new promising F-18 from two F-36s ..."

[Maks-80]

Good news with the morning.

[gg.na]

flew by ...... Now you have to wait when you agree

[pvv113]

Two American F-18 carrier-based fighter bomber collided

The Pentagon accuses our pilots of unprofessionalism. In this case, according to the logic of the Pentagon, American pilots made a professional collision

[Kibl]

It's normal! According to the silent materiel of the enemy, he is also ruined!

[pavelty]

Yeah, the hospital photo delivered to the news ... There are not enough protagonists in the ward in a cast))

[Nasty]

That's good. -2.

[mivmim]

Yes, let them fight with each other, if only they would not touch others.

[Shuttle]

We are waiting for news from Ukraine that Putin is to blame.

And what? After all, MH-17 has already been hung on him.

[Stabilization]

It looks like Sha got a dill disease ...

[serezhasoldatow]

McCain has grown a worthy replacement.

[ksv36]

This is our Sanka, but Vanka is destroyed by quiet carrier-based aircraft. After the hospital continue. TASS handed over just now.