CA: Yikes, F-35B and KC-130 collide, everybody lived

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...not so much the airframes.

F-35B pilot ejected and was recovered, being treated for injuries, his plane crashed in desert near Salton Sea.

KC-130 ended up landing in a farm field near an airport, all 8 onboard survived.

Pictures of KC-130 show it's basically intact, but all propeller blades are missing from engines 3 and 4 (right wing), and at least one propeller blade is missing from engine 1 (outboard left wing). I wonder how many of those blades went AWOL as part of the mid-air, and how many from landing in the dirt? Yikes again.

Some news reports say the F-35B pilot and co-pilot ejected safely. All F-35 variants are single seaters, so unless it was R2D2, no copilot was involved on that airframe.

https://theaviationist.com/2020/09/30/m ... crew-safe/


https://www.foxnews.com/us/military-jet ... -refueling




Audio of the event (at least for the KC-130):

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Watched the video. Holy cow! Those guys sure are staying calm for such a serious situation. I'm impressed. I think I would have been screaming like a little girl.

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Pictures of KC-130 show it's basically intact, but all propeller blades are missing from engines 3 and 4 (right wing), and at least one propeller blade is missing from engine 1 (outboard left wing). I wonder how many of those blades went AWOL as part of the mid-air, and how many from landing in the dirt? Yikes again.

The C130 is a tough old bird. This reminds me of an incident that took place during my 1985 tour in the Falkland Islands where a Sea King and C130 Collided on poor vis. While everyone on the C130 returned safe the chopper and all four onboard were lost in the South Atlantic