
Matthew 'Whiz' Buckley
@WhizBuckleyNFH • 6,953 subscribers
Founder No Fallen Heroes Foundation & Sacred Warrior Fellowship | Apostle | TOPGUN Fighter Pilot | CEO | Keynote Speaker | MAX Afterburner Pod Host | Author
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B-52H Crash at Edwards AFB. 8 souls. This was a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 412th Test Wing, and multiple reports indicate it was one of the Air Force’s dedicated test aircraft involved in the Radar Modernization Program (RMP) flight test effort. The aircraft was carrying a mixed crew of military personnel, government civilians, and contractors on a radar test mission when it crashed shortly after takeoff. From a test pilot perspective, the crew size is notable. A normal operational B-52H crew is five, but there were eight personnel aboard, which strongly suggests this was a developmental test sortie with additional flight-test engineers, contractors, or instrumentation specialists riding along. A very tragic day for the test community. Edwards, TPS, Boeing, and the bomber folks are a very small world. Eight souls lost on what should have been a “routine developmental flight”. But nothing is routine in military and test aviation. God bless their souls and families. The No Fallen Heroes Foundation Foundation is standing by to support the families. SuziNFH
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