E/A18 crash at airshow Mountain Home AFB

[cmac88]

It looks like they got tangled up with each other, luckily contact was soft enough they were able to get out

 

[Maurus]

Looked either slo mo or ai generated

Exactly. It has that uncanny valley feel to it.

I believe it has been confirmed so there you go.

 

[MikeD]

Watching the longer whole video, it appears dash-2 got high and lost sight of lead under the nose, impacting the lead jet while fishing around to find them. With two sets of eyes in each jet, kind of difficult to understand how, unless there was some kind of important distraction, which I can’t see what there would be. If there was something important enough that needed attention, then break out of formation to do so. Be curious how the lost sight happened.

 

[DropTank]

Meanwhile the A-10 fleet will continue to be extended long enough to fight in the Borg Invasion.

Resistance is fut-BRRRRRRT!!!!!!!

(my money is on the A10)

"Assimilate THIS you [censored]"

 

[inigo88]

Looked like the two jets physically got stuck together all the way to the ground, if that’s not an optical illusion. Incredibly lucky that the canopies weren’t on top of each other and all four got out, and nobody collided during ejection. I’m also hoping our former (or still in reserves?) resident Growler jammer is ok.

 

[MikeD]

Looked like the two jets physically got stuck together all the way to the ground, if that’s not an optical illusion. Incredibly lucky that the canopies weren’t on top of each other and all four got out, and nobody collided during ejection. I’m also hoping our former (or still in reserves?) resident Growler jammer is ok.

Were active duty birds from the RAG training squadron, i believe. He’s a reservist.

 

[///AMG]

I think it is real footage. The mishap/midair really did happen this morning.

Watching the longer whole video, it appears dash-2 got high and lost sight of lead under the nose, impacting the lead jet while fishing around to find them. With two sets of eyes in each jet, kind of difficult to understand how, unless there was some kind of important distraction, which I can’t see what there would be. If there was something important enough that needed attention, then break out of formation to do so. Be curious how the lost sight happened.

Because of the LEX's, which are especially large in the EF and G (compared to A-D), it is hard to see something directly under your belly. Not gonna speculate here, but to your point above, neither person in a hypothetically high/above jet would be able to physically see the one hypothetically stacked right below it. Again, hypothetically speaking.