"Alan Erskine" wrote in news:AkvLk.7526$sc2.987@
Just guessing..for lack of futher data..

Most likly an EP-3E ARIES [Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated
Electronics
System] bird..

Ahhh... That would explain it.




Mo
appears it MAY BE a P-3C of Recon Wing 5, ( VP-8, VP-10 or VP-26 )

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...reconwing5.htm
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BRUNSWICK ME,— For the first time in more than 30 years, a Brunswick Naval
Air Station-based plane crashed Tuesday, as a P-3 Orion missed a runway in
Afghanistan and was destroyed.

There were no fatalities in the crash, and only one crew member suffered a
minor injury.

John James, public affairs Officer at the Brunswick base, said Tuesday he
couldn't divulge which patrol squadron the plane belonged to, nor the name
of the crew member who was injured.

"It was a Wing 5 aircraft deployed to Bagram in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom," James told The Times Record. "The aircraft overshot the
runway at Bagram Airfield. The right main landing gear collapsed and both
right engines then caught fire. The Bagram Airfield fire department
responded immediately and distinguished the fire.

"All of the crew exited the left side of the airplane and there was only
one minor injury, which was a sprained ankle," he continued.

An American Forces Press Service report from Afghanistan claims that the
injured crew member was treated at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at the
Bagram location. The report also said the crash is still under
investigation.