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<blockquote data-quote="Rock Monster" data-source="post: 46389" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>I have a lot of stories James, regretfully a lot of them would turn your stomach. </p><p></p><p>One of the craziest non combat things I ever saw was on the flightline in Las Vegas. I was assisting and being trained on an F-4G Phantom Ejection Seat explosive removal. I was sitting on the left intake watching and handing over tools when all the sudden we hear this loud explosion. I look over and the Ejection Seat from the plane two planes away from us had gone off with the crew chief in the seat. It launched him through the glass canopy and about as high and the big lights on the flightline (150') Since he was not attached to the seat he fell the remaining space to the ground and landed on his head. It made the loudest crack sound as it split his skull. The seat landed 5' from me on the left wing of the plane I was working on with parachute deployed. He landed at the base of our work stand so I was the first one to respond. It was scary. His head was split open and he was lying in a pool of blood damn near the size of himself. I checked for a pulse but there was none. The emt's showed up very quick and took the body away. He was a crew chief who was changning the battery on the plane and did not disconnect the power. When he disconnected the battery cables, they arced the rocket motor on the bottom of the seat. It's very sad but was his fault as he did not follow procedure. I was debriefed and sent to counceling for two sessions to make sure I was not tramatized by the incident. </p><p></p><p>I know a little graphic but most of my stories from the military are. I'll try and think of some happier ones but I felt like this is what you were looking for when you said touchy subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rock Monster, post: 46389, member: 5"] I have a lot of stories James, regretfully a lot of them would turn your stomach. One of the craziest non combat things I ever saw was on the flightline in Las Vegas. I was assisting and being trained on an F-4G Phantom Ejection Seat explosive removal. I was sitting on the left intake watching and handing over tools when all the sudden we hear this loud explosion. I look over and the Ejection Seat from the plane two planes away from us had gone off with the crew chief in the seat. It launched him through the glass canopy and about as high and the big lights on the flightline (150') Since he was not attached to the seat he fell the remaining space to the ground and landed on his head. It made the loudest crack sound as it split his skull. The seat landed 5' from me on the left wing of the plane I was working on with parachute deployed. He landed at the base of our work stand so I was the first one to respond. It was scary. His head was split open and he was lying in a pool of blood damn near the size of himself. I checked for a pulse but there was none. The emt's showed up very quick and took the body away. He was a crew chief who was changning the battery on the plane and did not disconnect the power. When he disconnected the battery cables, they arced the rocket motor on the bottom of the seat. It's very sad but was his fault as he did not follow procedure. I was debriefed and sent to counceling for two sessions to make sure I was not tramatized by the incident. I know a little graphic but most of my stories from the military are. I'll try and think of some happier ones but I felt like this is what you were looking for when you said touchy subject. [/QUOTE]
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