JakubJakepilot Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Hi gents, I am researching lost/damaged planes/helos from Gulf, it is neverending story so far. I wrote email to SAFE-PAO@navy.mil and requeste some info, they wrote me back to send FOIA request to safe-foia@navy.mil . I found out that even non-US citizen can do that. I would like to ask you if you wrote FOIA request, how did you do it ? I already wrote down what I would like to know, here it is: KA-6D BuNo. 151572/AA-523, VA-35, 1991, USS Saratoga, during Gulf war - accident/damage, damaged by skidding E-2C - date of accident ? (probably early 02/1991) A-6E BuNo. unknown/AA-unknown, VA-35, 1991, USS Saratoga, during Gulf war - accident/damage, damaged by skidding E-2C - which BuNo ? which MODEX ?, date of accident ? (probably early 02/1991) E-2C BuNo. unknown/AA-604, VAW-125, 1991, USS Saratoga, during Gulf war - accident/damage, skidded on carrier deck - which BuNo ?, date of accident ? (probably early 02/1991) F-14A BuNo. unknown/AA-unknown, VF-103, 1991, USS Saratoga, during Gulf war - accident/damage, damaged by skidding E-2C - which BuNo ? which MODEX ?, date of accident ? (probably early 02/1991) S-3B BuNo. unknown/AA-712, VS-30, 1991, USS Saratoga, during Gulf war - accident/damage - gear folded up - which BuNo ?, date of accident ? (probably 02/1991) AH-1W BuNo. 16????/HF-??, HMLA-269 - accident/damage - During a routine training flight the aircraft made a hard landing approximately 30 miles from Dharan and rolled over, 2 injured - 07/09/90 - during Desert Shield - which BuNo ? which MODEX ? UH-1N BuNo. 160622/UV-??, HMLA-267 - disaster - collided with UH-1N BuNo. 160178/UV-327 during night NVG training, 8 KIA - 08/10/90 - during Desert Shield - which MODEX ? which crew names ? AV-8B BuNo. unknown/WH-?? - damaged by AAA - accident/damage - during Desert Storm - 12/02/91 - which BuNo ?, which MODEX ? SH-60B BuNo. 162138/HP-443 - HSL-44 Det.6 - accident/damage - ditched into the sea after an engine failure - 21/02/91 - what happend ? recovered ? repaired ? sunk ? what about crew ? Is it OK to email it like this ? Or different format ? More/less info ? Is it even possible to get this kind of info ? Thanks in advance and best regards. Jakub always on hunt for new Gulf war info .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GW8345 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 The F-14A+ Tomcat that was damaged in the E-2 accident was a VF-74 bird, not a VF-103 jet. Here's the video of the accident; The KA-6D Modex was 52x (all of VA-35's KA-6D's were 52x series). I don't recall an A-6E being damaged during that incident, to my knowledge only the E-2, KA-6D and Tomcat were involved. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JakubJakepilot Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Thanks, that KA-6D mentioned here is KA-6D BuNo. 151572/AA-523. I am looking mostly for exact date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Here you go. LINK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I've had pretty good success with FOIA's. Received a US-2B Tracker crash report for a memorial build of mine, also received some previously never seen pictures of an AH-6C Littlebird cockpit to help with a build. All depends on the type of request. Just be patient, could take you a month or two for results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JakubJakepilot Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Thanks. I know where to send it, I just wanted to know if my text is OK. If to send one request with all the questions, or one request with one question etc. Thanks all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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