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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! USS Russell rescues Air Force B-1B Crew from Indian Ocean By U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory -- Pearl Harbor-based destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) rescued four crewmen of a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber aircraft that crashed in the Indian Ocean, 60 miles North of Diego Garcia in the late evening hours of December 12th, local time. During a DOD press conference via satellite telephone from onboard Russell within hours after the rescue, Cmdr. Hank Miranda, Russell’s Commanding Officer, and Lt. Dan Manetzke, the ship’s Weapons Officer and boat officer for the rescue described the ship’s response. “Everything was done by the book. When we got to them our first response was to make sure they were okay medically. They were as happy to see us, as we were to see them,” Manetzke remarked. B-1B Mission Commander U.S. Air Force Captain William Steele, III, also participated in the interview, and was quick to correct the record, “I have to disagree, we were much happier to see them than they were to see us.” When Cmdr. Miranda learned of the aircraft’s in flight emergency, he said the ship “immediately vectored all aircraft in the area” to where the plane went down. The aircraft which participated in the search and rescue efforts included a Navy P-3C Orion from VP-4, currently deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii and a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Tanker. Miranda said the area in which the plane’s crewmembers were found was especially shallow, so he had to navigate carefully to get the ship close enough to launch the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats for the rescue. “When we put the boats into the water, we were seven miles away from them,” Miranda said. The aircraft was about 15 minutes from Diego Garcia when, Steele said, it encountered, “multiple malfunctions which made it impossible to fly the aircraft.” Steele was attempting to return to the island when the plane went down about 60 nautical miles north of the island, he said. Steele and his crew experienced a “violent ejection” from about 15,000 feet. Steele said he and his crew were cut and bruised as a result of the ejection, but were all in good condition. The crewmembers were in the water for approximately two hours before being rescued, some in individual life rafts. Steele remarked that the water was warm and comfortable. During the rescue effort, the crew of the P-3C had established communications with two of the B-1B crewmembers after their ejection, and assisted USS Russell in determining their exact location. P-3C Mission Commander LT Bill Pennington remarked, “we were just pleased to be able to assist in bringing these men to safety.” USS Russell, based in Pearl Harbor, departed Hawaii on Oct. 25 for a six-month deployment. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
