{"id":40254,"date":"2017-03-17T00:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T03:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40254"},"modified":"2017-03-17T01:41:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T04:41:25","slug":"three-airmen-die-in-u-28a-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/17\/three-airmen-die-in-u-28a-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Airmen Die in U-28A Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40256\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pc12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pc12.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pc12-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pc12-768x289.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>Three US Air Force <a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/ArticleDisplay\/tabid\/223\/Article\/1120841\/3-airmen-killed-in-u-28-crash-identified.aspx\">Airmen died<\/a> in a U-28A crash on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Capt. <strong>Andrew Becker<\/strong>, 33, was a pilot for the 318th Special Operations Squadron. He was from Novi, Michigan, and is survived by his spouse, mother and father.<\/p>\n<p>Capt. <strong>Kenneth Dalga<\/strong>, 29, was a combat systems officer for <!--more-->the 318th SOS. He was from Goldsboro, North Carolina, and is survived by his spouse, son and mother.<\/p>\n<p>First Lt. <strong>Frederick Dellecker<\/strong>, 26, was a co-pilot for the 318th SOS. He was from Daytona Beach, Florida, and is survived by his mother and father.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lt Dellecker was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usafa.af.mil\/News\/ArticleDisplay\/tabid\/1487\/Article\/1121352\/class-of-13-graduate-dies-in-nm-plane-crash.aspx\">2013 US Air Force Academy graduate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Early reports seem to indicate the crew was doing basic pattern work in a recently modified aircraft. The incident is a tragic reminder of the danger inherent in the military aviation profession.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/AboutUs\/FactSheets\/Display\/tabid\/224\/Article\/104607\/u-28a.aspx\">U-28A (no name)<\/a> is a Pilatus PC-12 modified for use by Special Operations forces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three US Air Force Airmen died in a U-28A crash on Tuesday: Capt. Andrew Becker, 33, was a pilot for the 318th Special Operations Squadron. He was from Novi, Michigan, and is survived by his spouse, mother and father. Capt. Kenneth Dalga, 29, was a combat systems officer for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[134,6159,5285,6161,6160,2,6162,6163,2942,65],"class_list":["post-40254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fighter-pilot","tag-air-force","tag-andrew-becker","tag-fighter-pilot","tag-frederick-dellecker","tag-kenneth-dalga","tag-military","tag-pc-12","tag-pilatus","tag-u-28","tag-usafa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}