Raptor down... on it;s belly again

aw2007 · by **aw2007** » 19 Nov 2018, 14:16

So this time 146 was involved. Anyone knows which tail no. had landed with a collapsed landing gear a month ago at Elmo ? Which squadron, 90th or 525th it came from ?

marsavian · by **marsavian** » 19 Nov 2018, 19:30

Accident report pdf https://www.kunsan.af.mil/Portals/6/180 ... 200849-187
https://theaviationist.com/2018/11/19/p ... ion-finds/

f119doctor · by **f119doctor** » 24 Dec 2019, 00:25

And can we get an apology from all of the commentators who assumed that there was a failure of one of the F119 engines just because of differing nozzle positions when the aircraft slid to a stop ?

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 25 Dec 2019, 21:58

Sounds like the whole fleet needs some remedial training.

basher54321 · by **basher54321** » 22 Dec 2021, 18:26

The U.S. Air Force says it is hopefully just months away from completing what will be a nearly four-year-long effort to return a seriously damaged F-22 Raptor stealth fighter to service. In highlighting this intensive repair effort, and the airmen behind it, the service has offered a look at the innards of a Raptor unlike any we have seen in the past.

The public affairs office at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, or JBER, in Alaska released the new details about the work that has gone into restoring 07-4146 on Dec. 21, 2021. This base is home to the 3rd Wing. This Raptor, which has the serial number 07-4146, went skidding along the runway on its belly at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada after a botched takeoff attempt in April 2018. It was one of four jets from the 3rd Fighter Wing's 90th Fighter Squadron that had deployed to Fallon to support a graduation exercise for the U.S. Navy's famous Topgun fighter pilot training program.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4 ... ly-landing

weasel1962 · by **weasel1962** » 23 Dec 2021, 04:17

Parts will be received in 2022.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/411617/cr ... iery-crash