B-1 lost in Qatar

[VetteMuscle427]

News services are reporting a B-1 crash in Qatar

 

[jt71582]

Prayers are up, I hope all involved are ok. Props for a quick find, it was posted 6 minutes ago.

 

[loadtoad]

Very bad year for the AF and the Navy. This is crazy...

Hope everybody got out.

 

[cisforsmasher]

what does loast mean?

 

[FLYTPAY]

I have some buddies that fly B-1s. They brought a $hit-ton of ord to the fight.

 

[LivinMyDream]

Reuters reports that all crew members are safe. After landing, a B-1 was involved in a "ground incident" while taxiing and caught fire. The crew evacuated and is safe. A board has been convened to investigate the incident.

 

[e6bflyer]

What he said ^^^

Link to the story

 

[FLYTPAY]

What he said ^^^

Link to the story

Truly nice to see that Al Jazeera was WRONG!

 

[nittany03]

Looking at the CNN article, what is a "sweep-wing" B-1? Do you use that to help with FOD walkdowns? Or field-daying the hangar, maybe??

 

[MIDNJAC]

FWIW I've heard the Tomcat, Aardvark and Lancer referred to as "swing wing"

 

[sevenhelmet]

"Swing-wing"? WTF does that mean? Which way do they swing? Oh wait, I can't ask that...

 

[phrogpilot73]

C'mon, do you really think the media is going to use a term like "variable geometry?"