At 12:01 AM 3/2/04 -0800, you wrote:
>I just built this web site for the 3 photos.
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~basavage/id10.html
>
there is a "movie" on line of the TOPGUN event,(another F-18 collision)
but I'm sure that the still pictures on that page . the logo on the tail of
the one plane in the second picture is the logo for VFC-12
24 April 1996
NNS1068. Two F/A-18A Hornets collide, return safely
Released by Naval Air Station Oceana Public Affairs
NAS OCEANA, Va. (NNS) -- Two Navy F/A-18A Hornets collided
in mid-air April 22 during a training mission 35 miles off the
coast of North Carolina. Both aviators, assigned to Composite
Fighter Squadron Twelve (VFC-12), recovered control of the
aircraft and safely returned to NAS Oceana.
One aircraft suffered damage to its nose-cone, right engine
and canopy. The other Hornet sustained damage to its left wing
and left tail area. The pilots, LCDR Greg S. Anderson and LCDR
William G. Stubbs, were treated for minor injuries and released
from the hospital.
An investigation into the cause of the mishap is underway.
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