george morris Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 this is true. findings were told to us on crash recovery team was the fuselage was struck by lightning causing an explosion. Aircraft broke up on impactkilling all souls on board to include a USO show crew. Bird was a C-130 assigned on rotes from Dyess AFB, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Ert Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Is this in det 98 in erzrum turkey in 1980 and was Carl c carr there in the c130? If so my dad was there and it wasn't a crash it was a missile that took it down my dad served in det 98 and 70th usafad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Ert Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 The lighting rods were fine and locals stated it looked like a surface to air missile like an rpg or law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 4/8/2011 at 9:44 PM, lmonkey43 said: Mike (Mickey) Jones was my uncle. Mine too 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Jefferson Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I was stationed at Incirlik when this crash occurred. My first sergeant lost two of his sons on this flight. He was supposed to go instead of one of his sons. It was a horrendous event for our base. It’s one of those things that happens in your life that you never forget and will always haunt you. A couple who lived behind us on base also died. I didn’t know them. Today is the anniversary. Such a very sad day for our military community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Jefferson Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I was just reading through some of the other comments and my first shirts sons were in the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Jefferson Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/30/2017 at 1:30 AM, Sharon (Gaines) Worley said: Mar 14, 1980 Joseph and Paul Johnson sons of MSgt Joe Johnson and Wife Maria, a beautiful and close family were all friends of mine. Joseph and Paul were members of the band. My husband at the time worked with MSgt Johnson in the hospital at Incirlik. MSgt Johnson was the 1st Sgt. In 1984 we visited the Johnsons at their home in Spain. Please contact me if you have any information about the Johnson family. Such a terrible loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Jefferson Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 MSgt Johnson was my first sergeant at the Med group at Incirlik. I was so heartbroken for their entire family. I did not get to see them before they left Incirlik. I know the name Gaines, but I cannot place where your husband worked. I worked in the orderly room at Det 42. My name at the time was Nancy Mosiman. I had just gotten out of the service because I was pregnant. I got out on the 29th of Feb 1980. I had worked with MSgt Johnson. He was a really great guy. I knew they had a big family but did not know any of them very well. It was a terrible heartbreaking loss and then later that year I lost another friend who was shot by Turkish terrorists downtown. Chris Harrington. I think I spelled his name right. He was killed getting into a car with a coworker, both were headed to work that morning. His friend got away. There were some sad things that happened during that assignment. Hard to forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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