Luke AFB - aircraft in distress

[GlobalNorth]

'SCORE10' experiencing a engine out over Chino Valley area and is diverting to LAFB. Four souls on board, 3 hours of fuel, and one operational engine. Landing on 21 Left in < 10 minutes.

'E-2' type aircraft, but ADS-B doesn't show type or tail number of AC.

 

[GlobalNorth]

Flight originated at Kirtland AFB.

 

[GlobalNorth]

'JOLLY04' is up overhead. H-60 chopper.

 

[GlobalNorth]

AC on the ground - starboard engine failure.

 

[GlobalNorth]

PL-3 security established and Crash Crews have been ordered out after declaring 'fire safe'.

 

[n0xvz]

'JOLLY04' is up overhead. H-60 chopper.

That should be a MH-60 out of Davis-Monthan if I'm not mistaken.

PL-3 security established and Crash Crews have been ordered out after declaring 'fire safe'.

I'm surprised. PL-3 seems like overkill on an AF flightline. Maybe the IC wasn't sure how to handle it.

 

[GlobalNorth]

That should be a MH-60 out of Davis-Monthan if I'm not mistaken.

I'm surprised. PL-3 seems like overkill on an AF flightline. Maybe the IC wasn't sure how to handle it.

It was up shortly after the declaration from Luke and stayed up just long enough after it landed, then disappeared. Nothing flew towards the SE. The info was taken from the ADS-B tag.

As far as the PL-3 rating, that's what the aircraft commander and the supervisor of flying concurred on.

 

[KE5ZBG]

Any chance it's related to this?

 

[GlobalNorth]

Since the link it behind a paywall, I couldn't digest it, but it is not likely. If it was an exercise, it would make more sense to have the AC fly to DM and not disrupt LAFB's flight ops in training.

Calling out an in-flight emergency and then setting up some rather stringent security measures for the AC involved once on the ground isn't easy across AF commands Air Education and Training Command v. Air Combat Command.

 

[n0xvz]

Calling out an in-flight emergency and then setting up some rather stringent security measures for the AC involved once on the ground isn't easy across AF commands Air Education and Training Command v. Air Combat Command.

Even worse...an "E-2 type aircraft" implies the E-2C or Hawkeye which would be a Navy aircraft...