Tragic crash today.

[Lunchbox]

:( Lost 4 of our Air Force family today. :(

 

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12889630

[70'sChevyGirl]

How sad.

 

I'm sure they were doing what they loved when they died.

 

Prayers go out to the families and RIP guys.

 

 

 

 

 

There seem to be alot of mishaps at airshows but I love watching them.

 

The Blue Angels are my favorite.

[Chris@Adams]

Very sad! Pray for the families!

[Team Adam's]

Terrible. I'll keep them and their families in my thoughts.

[Kustom_FX]

Terrible. I'll keep them and their families in my thoughts.

 

Agreed my heart goes out to their loved ones..

[icantdrive55]

Especially hard to hear being an Air Force vet. My thoughts and prayers go out to their family and friends.

[StormChaser]

Awe, my heart goes out to the family/friends. When I lived in AK I was about 2 miles from Elmendorf AFB. The Arctic Thunder show is pretty amazing. That area is one of the most dangerous areas for pilots to fly/practice in because there are HUNDREDS of Bush Pilots who fly in and out of there daily! It's really a huge issue to stop the bush pilots because they transport goods to the remote villages. Some people fly to work on a daily basis to Anchorage.

[Rich]

Very sad.

 

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth.

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings,

Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long delirious, burning blue

I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace,

Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;

And, while with silent, lifting mind i've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

[Nordgrey]

My thoughts are with their families and squadron mates.

 

One of my favourites Rich. High Flight by P/O John Magee, RCAF. An American who volunteered before the US had entered the war. He was only 19 when he wrote that. You can almost feel the exuberance of youth in those words.