RIP

[Maggot]

If this has been posted Ill remove it.

The U.S. says the five men were U.S. Army Special Operations aviation soldiers conducting a routine refueling flight at the time of the crash. The Pentagon identified the deceased as the following:

• Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee
• Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, 34, of Sacramento, California
• Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire
• Sgt. Andrew P. Southard, 27, of Apache Junction, Arizona
• Sgt. Cade M. Wolfe, 24, of Mankato, Minnesota

 

[oneshot86]

RIP

 

[Alphatreedog]

Rip .

 

[Downtown]

Rest in Peace. The 160th are some courageous men.

 

[Faronth]

May God grant the peace that passes all understanding to their families.

 

[Blue Sky Country]

Rest in peace to the true DEFENDERS who made the ultimate sacrifice. Cowardly politicians who stole elections and brokered hideous deals with active enemies who continued killing our troops even as they pilfered all of their equipment will NEVER be able to look at a servicemember eye to eye.

 

[M4orturnate]

Rip.

 

[Keeper22]

RIP warriors

 

[camocorvette]

RIP.

 

[Maggot]

The whole mid east isnt worth one of those guys.

 

[Expert684]

Prayers

 

[Ronws]

Thanks to God that we had these fine men in our world, if only for a little while. God bless them and their friends and families. They will meet again, someday. Trust me on that.

 

[Supersubes]

The whole mid east isnt worth one of those guys.

Agreed, and this crash seems fishy as fuck!

 

[AngryKoala]

RIP

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

God speed.

 

[1911hombre]

RIP.

 

[HeavyAssault]

A) AR (arial refueling) while somewhat common place isn't easy. Weather/conditions can be a factor.
B) Anything built by man in the sky is fighting gravity.
C) Mechanical problems can happen anytime. Catastrophic component failures are the worst. Over water just makes it 1000% worse.
D) Aircraft have struck the drouge (that circular thing behind the prop aircraft) which can create items listed in C above.
E) There's the typical "black boxes" so the audio and mechanical information can be used to recreate the flight.
F) Investigation is going to tell the commanders what happened. This WILL include a review of the flight data as well as any repair/mechanical work that happened.

I know cause I know. I've been there, done the work, seen other events, been in an event. It's not a good time for the Regiment regardless of your specific battalion. I just saw they recovered one body, pretty sure they said it was Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone. RIP brother. We will see you when we join you. Hope they can get the others back home.

 

[TF160 Guy]

May the Lord's love comfort them and their families.

Night Stalkers Don't Quit.

 

[Ronws]

A) AR (arial refueling) while somewhat common place isn't easy. Weather/conditions can be a factor.
B) Anything built by man in the sky is fighting gravity.
C) Mechanical problems can happen anytime. Catastrophic component failures are the worst. Over water just makes it 1000% worse.
D) Aircraft have struck the drouge (that circular thing behind the prop aircraft) which can create items listed in C above.
E) There's the typical "black boxes" so the audio and mechanical information can be used to recreate the flight.
F) Investigation is going to tell the commanders what happened. This WILL include a review of the flight data as well as any repair/mechanical work that happened.

I know cause I know. I've been there, done the work, seen other events, been in an event. It's not a good time for the Regiment regardless of your specific battalion. I just saw they recovered one body, pretty sure they said it was Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone. RIP brother. We will see you when we join you. Hope they can get the others back home.

I knew a Ranger who had been in two heli crashes. At 30, he was ready to retire from the Rangers. It happens.