U.S. Bomber Catches Fire At Base In Qatar

(CBS/AP)  The U.S. military said Friday that all four crew members safely evacuated from a B-1 bomber that caught fire after landing at an Air Force Base in the Middle East.

The Air Force says the bomber was taxiing after landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar and caught fire. Few details are available, although the Air Force says the aircraft was involved in a ground incident.

A State Department official says the B-1 bomber caught fire at the end of a runway and some of its munitions exploded, reports CBS News State Department reporter Charles Wolfson.

Al-Udeid is the headquarters of all American air operations in the Middle East. The incident is under investigation.

In February, a B-2 stealth bomber plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam, the first time one crashed, but both pilots ejected safely.

[feelfree1]

Re: "Feely, Your glee mystifies me..."

Posted by ToolMangler

Who am I to demystify you?

[toolmangler-2009]

This is two less bombers available to murder and maim the people of Iraq and Afghanistan!
Posted by FeelFree1 at 04:47 PM : Apr 04, 2008




Feely, Your glee mystifies me, Without human interaction, these planes hurt no one, Just like a gun (if left alone) kills no one, a Car if sitting in a parking lot, injures no one. It takes a human to make these things deadly. The one thing that happens if a machine is detroyed is that it ''will'' be replaced at the cost of many ''tax dollars''. I will have to bear some of this tax burden. If you were a American (USA) citizen, you would bear some of this burden also. Get angry with the leaders, not the poor citizens. If the leaders did not agree to start a war then there would be no war. (mitigating circumstances aside)

[ioweign]

Excuse me people...but this is a ''''mechanical'''' issue..nothing more...nothing less...has your car ever had a breakdown?.

Posted by guadalcanal3 at 07:51 PM : Apr 04, 2008

I have never had a fire in my car. If you did a cost comparison, the price for this thing - it should be able to fix itself...

[newsjunky5]

Are the B-1 bomber pilots allowed to have pistols in the cockpit?

[ioweign]

U.S. Bomber Catches Fire At Base In Qatar



Are they outsourcing the preventive maintenance to Southwest Airway...

[speakinup]

oh - look at that feelfree has a new stat to work with.

So feelfree - are you still among the one person in the world outside of Cuba and Venzuenla that likes hugo. yup...

[guadalcanal3]

Excuse me people...but this is a ''mechanical'' issue..nothing more...nothing less...has your car ever had a breakdown?.

[hunter10039]

A "GROUND INCIDENT" ????

now what do you suppose THAT could be??? (Rhetorical question, of course !!!)

Of course they would NOT admit that a terrorist gained access right there at the base.

It probably was one that caused the "incident" in some manner, but they wont admiit it to "save face"

[trishab4]

The military is no longer the one inherited by Bush from Clinton ... after seven years its'''''''' his military. He needs to accept ownership of the problems.

Posted by Tahut at 05:28 PM : Apr 04, 2008

Don''''t be a mindless zombie by turning this into a Bush issue!! It''''s been done and gets nowhere!!


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Posted by jamesm12341 at 05:30 PM : Apr 04, 2008

-Bush is an idiot. He just doesn''t know how to...! are you happy now? and it''ll go somewhere.

[tahut]

Sorry for all the posts ... seems I experienced an internet hiccup when I pushed the "publish" button