(FOX40.COM) — In a show of preparedness and force, the air and ground crews of Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County performed their first “Elephant Walk” in decades on Jan. 4, according to the base’s Facebook page. According to the Department of Defense, an “Elephant Walk” is an Air Force term for a “close […]
the big question is why was malaysian flight 17 flying in that area in the first place? aviation security analyst joins us from denver with hopefully an answer to that question. the americans faa fly over crimea. this is another part of the ukraine didn t seem to be part of the threat. there was a threat everyone ignored it. yeah, we have some real answering to do as to why any airplane was allowed to fly over the area. other aircraft had been shot down in the area within recent days. absolutely. one of the things is usually with the military aircraft it will be ground support aircraft. at 30,000 feet it wouldn t necessarily be a threat they were fighting each other. i think in this case somebody s badly badly missing
we were choosing not to fly in that area. now specifically do not go there. it is a war zone and it is strictly off limits. thank you, doug. appreciate it. more p on the missile sha shut down the plane at 30,000 feet. we turn to retired marine sergeant. she was on earlier last hour and she gave us her expertise. at 33,000 feet do you ever think as a pilot operating an aircraft that something like this would happen? well, those missile systems have a long range capacity of 72,000 feet. this plane was well within its range. this system was created the soviet union in 1979. it is a self propelled range and has a capacity of air to
complicate any kind of investigation yet to am could. as far as the actual scene of the debris, we always talk about the integrity of the crash site and maintaining that so investigators can get in here all bets may be off. there are reports this morning rebel groups there which continue to control this area may have gotten their hands on both of the aircraft s black boxes. where those will end up we don t know. there are fears they may wind up in russian hands. in the meantime strong words from the ukraine s prime minister. this is a crime against humanity. all lines have been already crossed. the ukrainian government says rebels and russian backers are to blame for. this one of the theories is
be ctolerated. did we have any idea that the rebels had captured control when they over ran the military base? it is inoperable. the associated press had seen the missile system basically in place. we are realizing that. three downed aircraft aside from the commercial aircraft in the past week. do we know if this exact system will take out in the fighter jet or was it another system all together? the u.s. intelligence is leaning toward these two systems f11 or the f 20. both are similar. the boot missile system is what the russians do have. it has to be this. they know they are small hat. the special forces people have