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Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« on: July 11, 2017, 04:44:51 AM »
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/11/marine-aircraft-crash-at-least-12-bodies-recovered-from-mississippi-crash-site.html

Crashed somewhere in Mississippi. Sounds like they are still looking for bodies. :'(
I was expecting another MV-22 crash, turns out it was a KC-130, refueling plane.

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Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2017, 05:18:36 AM »
Damn.  Awaiting  more facts.

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Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2017, 12:14:10 PM »
I didn't know the Marines operated tankers. And why would a tanker have a crew of 16, including a corpsman (a medic) on board?

The aircraft may have been a KC-130, but I'm going to offer a SWAG that this was a training mission for some sort of special operations team.
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Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2017, 12:46:57 PM »
I wondered about the number aboard, but didn't know how many separate functions were required. I figured maybe they were transporting other folks not related to refueling?

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Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2017, 12:50:01 PM »
I don't know anything about a KC130, but have caught a ride (along with 40 or so others) on a KC10 in the past, so at least some tankers can pull double duty.
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Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2017, 01:55:22 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on July 11, 2017, 12:14:10 PM
I didn't know the Marines operated tankers. And why would a tanker have a crew of 16, including a corpsman (a medic) on board?

The aircraft may have been a KC-130, but I'm going to offer a SWAG that this was a training mission for some sort of special operations team.

The Marines have had KC-130 tanker aircraft for many years, dating back to at least Vietnam.  They have used the KC-130s in the refueling role for their air assets almost forever.  They also routinely use them as cargo haulers, moving Marines and their equipment all over the place.
I rode around in enough of them during my time in that some of my hearing problems might be due to how loud they are inside.  The ones I flew in weren't much for creature comforts.
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Re: Marine aircraft crashes. At least 16 presumed dead.
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2017, 03:06:55 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on July 11, 2017, 12:14:10 PM
I didn't know the Marines operated tankers. And why would a tanker have a crew of 16, including a corpsman (a medic) on board?

The tanker was part of a training flight relocating a team to California when it crashed.  The dead includes passengers.
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