Plane Overboard

In the military you usually have to pay for lost equipment, even if it means staying in the service. It is said that this is why a Captain always goes down with his ship!
Many years ago the Navy lost an F-14 Tomcat off of a carrier. They later recovered it by snagging the landing gear with a drag cable and hauled it in. I guess it was pretty much trash at that point, but they protected their high tech electronics from the Soviets. I imagine they will recover the F-18 in some way or form, but I wonder what the entire cost will be.
 
Paxilpapa said:
In the military you usually have to pay for lost equipment, even if it means staying in the service. It is said that this is why a Captain always goes down with his ship!
Many years ago the Navy lost an F-14 Tomcat off of a carrier. They later recovered it by snagging the landing gear with a drag cable and hauled it in. I guess it was pretty much trash at that point, but they protected their high tech electronics from the Soviets. I imagine they will recover the F-18 in some way or form, but I wonder what the entire cost will be.
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I've never seen anyone forced to stay in the Army because they broke something expensive.
 
Boss 302 said:
I've never seen anyone forced to stay in the Army because they broke something expensive.
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After the court marshal they do. In 68 there was a PFC that got a 5 ton multi-fuel buried to half way up the windshield in a quicksand hole. After the court marshal, he had to completely rebuild the vehicle to mil-spec, and was marking time while he did it, after which was required to finish the rest of his obligation.
In case you were wondering, it took a VTR and three APC's to pull it out. They went in through the cab and got a cable wrapped around the transmission and pulled for all they were worth and fortunately it came out in one piece.
 
Paxilpapa said:
After the court marshal they do. In 68 there was a PFC that got a 5 ton multi-fuel buried to half way up the windshield in a quicksand hole. After the court marshal, he had to completely rebuild the vehicle to mil-spec, and was marking time while he did it, after which was required to finish the rest of his obligation.
In case you were wondering, it took a VTR and three APC's to pull it out. They went in through the cab and got a cable wrapped around the transmission and pulled for all they were worth and fortunately it came out in one piece.
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They never did anything like that from my time 1974-2010. I've seen where idiots, totaled vehicles then were court-martialed and sent to a detention barracks.
 
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