Mon, Apr 12, 2010
First Air Force Accident With Fatalities For The Tilt-Rotor
Aircraft
An Air Force CV-22 Osprey went down in Afghanistan last week,
killing three military crewmen and a civilian contractor. Several
others were injured It was the first such fatal accident involving
the aircraft since it became operational with the Air Force in
2006.
The aircraft was attached to the 1st Special Operations Wing in
Hurlbert, FL. The Air Force identifies two of the casualties as
Maj. Randell D. Voas and Senior Master Sgt. James B. Lackey from
the 8th Special Operations Squadron. An Army soldier and a civilian
employee also died in the crash. Their names have not yet been
released.
The CV-22 was carrying U.S. Forces when it crashed approximately
seven miles west of Qalat City, in Zabul Province. The injured were
transported to a nearby base for medical treatment.
Major Voas, 43, was a CV-22 evaluator pilot and a former MH-53
pilot. Previously a Chief Warrant Officer in the Army, he received
his Air Force commission through Officer Training School in 1999.
He flew MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopters until 2003 before becoming a
UH-1 flight instructor at Fort Rucker, AL, and he began training on
the CV-22 in 2006. He had more than 160 combat flight hours.
Sergeant Lackey, 45, was a CV-22 evaluator flight engineer and a
former MH-53 flight engineer. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1986
and became an aircraft maintenance crew chief. In 1992, he began
MH-53 flight engineer training and flew on the PAVE LOW for 14
years before becoming a CV-22 flight engineer student in 2006. He
received a Distinguished Flying Cross in 2002 for acts of heroism
in combat.
File Photo
The 8th SOS completed its first CV-22 combat deployment in
November 2009, and returned to Afghanistan in March for its second
deployment.
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