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A US Air Force (USAF) crew shut down their only good engine prior to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province.

By Greg Waldron2021-01-25T04:22:00+00:00 A US Air Force (USAF) crew shut down their only good engine prior to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province. The aircraft (11-9358) was operating a routine mission from Kandahar on 27 January 2020 when its left engine lost a fan blade, causing it to shut down and creating significant vibration. Source: US Air Force A US Air Force E-11A at Kandahar in 2018 About 24s after this, the crew, apparently confused about which engine had failed, shut down the right engine. “The aircraft was approxima...

It’s been nearly a year since Master Sgt. Gabriel Valenzuela, Capt. David Coyle and 1st Lt. Adam Treece were selected as co-winners of Spark Tank 2020 for their Smart Weapons Loading Checklist and Low-Cost Threat Emitter concepts., News stories from the United States Air Force Academy.

It’s been nearly a year since Master Sgt. Gabriel Valenzuela, Capt. David Coyle and 1st Lt. Adam Treece were selected as co-winners of Spark Tank 2020 for their Smart Weapons Loading Checklist and Low-Cost Threat Emitter concepts.,

Broken fan blade, shutdown of wrong engine led to fatal E-11 crash in Afghanistan, report says January 21 Lt. Col. Paul Voss, left, and Capt. Ryan Phaneuf were killed Jan. 27, 2020 in the crash of their E-11A battlefield communications aircraft in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. (Voss photo via Air Combat Command; Phaneuf photo via Alvirne High School yearbook in Hudson, N.H., courtesy of David Morin) A broken fan blade that led to engine failure, followed by the pilots’ shutoff of the other engine, led to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan last J...