military aircraft has crashed near the Salton Sea in California

[RaleighGuy]

Reports say a military aircraft has crashed near the Salton Sea in California:

Marine F-35B And KC-130J Collide And Crash In Southern California (Updated)

The F-35B pilot ejected safely and everyone on the MC-130J survived after a crash landing.

t.co

 

[GlobalNorth]

There isn't much coverage on it in the national news.

Marine jet crashes after mid-air collision in California

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps fighter jet collided in mid-air with another plane during a refueling operation in a remote desert area of Southern California Tuesday afternoon. But

www.stltoday.com

 

[spacellamaman]

boy thats not a great place to have your plane break down

 

[zerg901]

doesnt the NIFOG list a couple of military SAR channels at 139 Mhz? or 138 Mhz?

here they are

Military SAR

40.50 wideband FM US Army/USN SAR

138.450 AM, 138.750 AM USAF SAR

plus - USCG/DOD Joint SAR 345.0 MHz AM initial contact, 282.8 MHz AM working

from 2019 NIFOG at https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/NIFOG Ver 1.6.1A.pdf

 

[lethalyoyo]

Just saw this when the crash happened our local sherrif Dpt responded they patched all channels so we could hear everything.

 

[BM82557]

Check Out The Hulk Of That C-130J That Collided With An F-35B Over Southern California

The badly damaged Hercules tanker-transport has been partially disassembled and is awaiting its fate in Thermal, California.

www.thedrive.com