UH-60 Blackhawk Crew that crashed off the coast of HI identified

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - UH-60 Blackhawk Crew that crashed off the coast of HI identified

Posted: 8/21/2017 9:12:15 PM EDT

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/08/21/breaking-news/coast-guard-ends-search-for-black-hawk-crew-off-oahu/

I knew 1LT Bailey at flight school. She was a very nice girl. RIP

Posted: 8/21/2017 9:14:45 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2017 9:16:41 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2017 9:18:51 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2017 9:19:44 PM EDT

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Well shit.

Posted: 8/21/2017 9:21:08 PM EDT

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RIP.

Posted: 8/21/2017 9:24:14 PM EDT

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I hope they can be recovered when the fuselage is found to give everyone closure.

Kharn

Posted: 8/21/2017 9:27:21 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2017 9:33:34 PM EDT

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Staff Sgt. Abigail R. Milam, 33, Jenkins, Ky. Is from about

30 miles from here.

Posted: 8/21/2017 10:21:06 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2017 10:29:16 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2017 10:50:18 PM EDT

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Why were three aviators aboard? Check flight?

Posted: 8/21/2017 10:59:37 PM EDT

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DUSTWUN.

Posted: 8/21/2017 11:00:19 PM EDT

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Probably...or someone went along for the fun of it.

Posted: 8/21/2017 11:06:24 PM EDT

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That is very odd.

RIP.

Posted: 8/22/2017 12:10:51 AM EDT

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Very often 60 pilots "split time" with a pilot in command to get hrs. I might fly the first half and do 1.5 of instruments, and crew on the way home after refueling so another pilot can get NVG time or whatever.

Posted: 8/22/2017 12:43:58 AM EDT

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RIP Soldiers. It's a dangerous job, even in peacetime.

Posted: 8/22/2017 12:48:08 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/22/2017 2:55:34 AM EDT

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That sucks.

I remember my first friend I lost from flight school. A LT that was my "stick buddy" for a bit had a midair with two Cobras under NVGs in Korea. One crashed and burned and killed both on board. The other crashed but both survived and later I flew with the guy from the second aircraft for a while.

Army Aviation is a small world but I've been out long enough now I don't know any of the players anymore at least.

Posted: 8/22/2017 4:16:12 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/22/2017 9:00:10 AM EDT

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That sucks.

I remember my first friend I lost from flight school. A LT that was my "stick buddy" for a bit had a midair with two Cobras under NVGs in Korea. One crashed and burned and killed both on board. The other crashed but both survived and later I flew with the guy from the second aircraft for a while.

Army Aviation is a small world but I've been out long enough now I don't know any of the players anymore at least.

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I've been around long enough to remember hearing that story: if it's the same story, one climbed up under/into the other, taking off the skids of the one above (which crashed but they survived) but doomed themselves.

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