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Old 05-13-2023, 12:23 PM
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Off San Diego, near SCI. Sounds like a contract aggressor for fleet training.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/2023/...ifornia-coast/

Fair Winds, Following Seas.
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Old 05-13-2023, 03:04 PM
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Phoenix has had a few mishaps at that location, doing that mission.

The deceased have been identified, and the search ended.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other...st/ar-AA1b6CcS
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Not an inherently safe mission, pretty sure I recall an incident where a warship locked up and shot down the contracted tow plane instead of the towed target.
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They really bent an airplane under maneuver G-loading a few years ago. Pulled off an elevator, I think and bent the horizontal stab on a Lear 35 or 36. I believe they're doing a lot of ECM work, as well as targeting.
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