Sad days for MCAS Beaufort.. :(:(

[GreenMarine]

My old squadron is on deployment on the USS Harry S. Truman at the moment. Just last Saturday one of the F-18's from that squadron went down off the Azores (west of spain). The pilot has not been found and is presumed DEAD.. This really sucks because I knew the pilot very well. We had been stuck with duty numerous times. He was a really great Officcer, and I know that he will be missed by everyone in VMFA-115 and the Marine Corps.

Also we had a F-18 crash on landing here at the airstation on Monday (Shortly after finding out the news of VMFA-115 loosing thier jet). The pilot of the latest crash was a Canadian Air Force pilot on the "Exchange program"... His jet apparently landed then went airborne again and flipped over and skided down the runway upside down. The pilot was flown to Savannah to one of the Hospitals where he passed away a few hours later.

This is a terrible time for the Air Station. Loosing two pilots in a time span of only 48 hours!!! We didn't loose any in all the operations that took place in Iraq and Afganistan and now we loose TWO in one weekend!!! Investigations are underway and will probably not be finished for well over 3 months. Either way, the results will probably be of a higher security clearance than I am allowed to share on here... Just wanted to let everyone know...

R.I.P. Capt. Hooks (VMFA-115)

I never knew the Canadian pilot's name and forgot to check the news paper.