17 May 2026: Two EA-18 Growlers crash at Mountain Home AFB air show

[brihard]

Two EA-18 Growlers collided mid air at an air show in the US in the past hour or so. Four good chutes. Wild vidoe of this one:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056086529404260666

Expensive loss of two very important pieces of kit...

 

[DBNSG]

Two EA-18 Growlers collided mid air at an air show in the US in the past hour or so. Four good chutes. Wild vidoe of this one:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056086529404260666

Expensive loss of two very important pieces of kit...

Holy Shit Batman

 

[brihard]

Holy Shit Batman

Right? It’s wild to catch EA-18s in mating season, all the moreso in daylight.

 

[FJAG]

Funny. Originally nothing on the US news sites but the Daily Mail had a big article with additional videos almost immediately

Two hours later it was on Fox but nada on CNN.

 

[OldSolduer]

Holy Oh Fuck

 

[Haggis]

Glad everyone is safe. No word on injuries yet.

Can't wait to see who Trump blames this on.

 

[brihard]

Glad everyone is safe. No word on injuries yet.

Can't wait to see who Trump blames this on.

It was reported shortly after that the crew were safe, or I’d not be cracking jackass jokes about the Growlers mating. It’s not funny til everyone’s ok.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Almost seems like the rear jet ran into the first one?

 

[brihard]

Almost seems like the rear jet ran into the first one?

Seems like, yeah. I’m curious what our resident boonies think.

 

[RedFive]

Two comments:

What do you imagine they said to each other, once they were sure everybody was ok, having landed only feet from each other? I'm willing to bet it wasn't PG.

And that was an interesting case study in physics and aerodynamics in what happens when two flying machines become one at a low enough velocity to not immediately self disassemble.

 

[HavokFour]

Holy crap, it's a miracle all 4 managed to eject. For a second there it looked like someone was going to get caught in the wreckage or swatted by a wing.

Someone's going to have some serious 'splaining to do.

 

[brihard]

Two comments:

What do you imagine they said to each other, once they were sure everybody was ok, having landed only feet from each other? I'm willing to bet it wasn't PG.

And that was an interesting case study in physics and aerodynamics in what happens when two flying machines become one at a low enough velocity to not immediately self disassemble.

“At least buy me dinner first” or something along those lines?

I hope we get to find out their new callsigns once the dust settles. That had all the grace of two slinkies colliding and becoming one on the way down the stairs.

Also, those crews probably barely knew what happened. Imagine when they see the video.

My smartassery aside, what a wild collision. It’s amazing the crews punched out ok and I hope they all heal fully, physically and mentally. That had to suck in every way.

 

[RedFive]

“At least buy me dinner first” or something along those lines?

Something to that effect, yeah...

I hope we get to find out their new callsigns once the dust settles. That had all the grace of two slinkies colliding and becoming one on the way down the stairs.

If either of them are ever allowed to fly again, I suspect at least one of those pilots is going to wear this one...

 

[DBNSG]

Something to that effect, yeah...



If either of them are ever allowed to fly again, I suspect at least one of those pilots is going to wear this one...

And God help that Pilot if She is a Girl. Hegseth and the nuts in Washington will go crazy.