Air Force jet crashes after flyover at Colorado Obama speech

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Associated Press, via Richmond Times-Dispatch

Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2016 3:33 pm

Associated Press

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — An Air Force Thunderbird jet crashed south of Colorado Springs just after a flyover for a graduation of Air Force Academy cadets where President Barack Obama had spoken.

Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Michal (ma-CALL) Kloeffler-Howard said Thursday the pilot ejected. There was no information on the pilot's condition. No injuries on the ground were reported.

Obama was still at the graduation site at the time of the crash, taking photos with attendees prior to returning to Washington. The crash happened about 15 miles south of the academy.



The Associated Press

Air Force Academy graduates throw their caps into the air as F-16 jets from the Thunderbirds make a flyover, at the completion of the commencement ceremony for the Air Force Class of 2016, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)



Read more: http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/article_07abb352-3676-5093-bb3e-257f249e68c0.html

[Chakab]

1. Thanks Obama.

[pugetres]

2. Followed by another crash

of a Blue Angel

http://fox43.com/2016/06/02/u-s-navy-blue-angels-jet-crashes/

[bluedigger]

3. Within about an hour of each other.

Bad day for our best pilots.

[scscholar]

4. Always afraid of that happening here in Seattle...

during Seafair when the Blue Angles fly fast and low over and over again over the densest parts of the city.