A service member with an Air Force training unit died Saturday night after falling while rappelling from the rafters at a San Antonio college football game.
A spokesperson for Nellis Air Force Base confirmed that a service member assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 died from injuries sustained in a fall ahead of the University of Texas San Antonio and Naval Academy game at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The incident happened during a pregame rappelling demonstration ahead of UTSA’s annual Salute to Armed Forces & Veterans game. Four military members were to rappel from the rafters of the Alamodome to the ground. According to the San Antonio Express-News, halfway through the descent, one person slid down the rope in “an uncontrolled manner” and hit the ground hard. Football staff rushed to the injured man and medical personnel provided first aid before the injured airman was put on a stretcher.
The San Antonio Fire Department told Task & Purpose that it transported a person with life threatening injury to a hospital. The Air Force later confirmed that the airman had died.
“The incident is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available,” the Nellis spokesperson said.
The Air Force did not identify the deceased.
Prior to the Air Force’s announcement that the service member died, a spokesperson for UTSA Athletics confirmed that the rappel team was made up of members of 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2. That is an Air Force unit that trains tactical air controllers. Tactical Air Control Party members are airmen who embed with soldiers and Marines and direct and coordinate airstrikes from ground positions.
The 6th Combat Training Squadron is based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, although Detachment 2 operates from Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis.
All I’ve been thinking about is Megaman climbing a ladder and then falling into a bit after taking damage. Couldn’t tell you why.
Game went ahead after a 10 minute delay. Gobless da troops 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
10 min delay is a little too much respect in my opinion
it’s barely enough time to get a new tray of nachos
how much dem nachos cost these days anyway?
$8 plus tax
fuck… they can keep them
You can joke, but that man was clearly killed by a Russian.spoiler
The ground a-rushin’ up to meet him!you know, these military demonstrations, flyovers and flagfuck parades being blanketed over sporting events after 9/11 was meant to gin up the nationalist mythmaking of Our Boys being invicible heroes right before our eyes.
but it’s a dicey proposition to put in stunts, because while entertaining for a few minutes when they go off snoothly, it’s extremely damaging to the regime when there’s a deadly injury.
imagine going to the big game and having to console a young kid who just watched that. it invites questions of “why did they even do this? aren’t we at war? are Our Boys being directed by competent people? how much does all this shit cost?”
it ends up being a denonstration for the deadly cost of reckless incompetence and waste.
like imagine a fighter jet flyover at a bowl game where a plane crashes and takes out dozens of people.
maybe leadership and the press don’t give air to it, but there are more people now asking why the fuck military stunt demonstrations were organized and what it has to do with sports. like somebody ordered/voluntold that guy to do that thing, safety checks failed in some way, and some incompetent cowboy fell to his death right at the heart of the spectacle.
only the most foolish of hogs will accept that guy died heroically, though im sure the regime and its media will insist on it.
i think you give people too much credit
He died fighting for what he believed in
treating him with the gravity he deserves
“The Alamodome” sounds like a bit.
Rememberdome the Alamodome!
i heard paul reubens’ bike was in the basement
That’s kinda fucked up, but now he won’t finish his specific training in how to aim airstrikes at children.
The US has the most advanced Air Force on the planet. These soldiers of the future can cause a fatal landing accident and they don’t even need a plane!
He was saving taxpayers money
The ropes are Hamas.Outside of their medics, that’s probably the most prestigious job in the Air Force. You’re looking at the cream of the crop. I grow pretty flowers for a living and I can slide down a rope without dying, so what does that say about me? If anything that’s the real takeaway from this tragedy- if it had been me you’d just see a cool-ass dude making it look easy because it is.
edit: And I’d do hella tricks because just going down is so easy it’s boring.
edit: and karate chop a dude at the bottom, like full fuckin double neck chop with a spin-flip.
ground involved incident
Can they do it again?
Minus one killer working for the Evil Empire.
I’ve heard of fast-roping but this is ridiculous!
(Seriously that was fucked 😬 long term though probably saved the most lives by failing their cool operator recruitment stunt)
ohno
To be clear, I am not watching this chud dipshit die. I do not want to watch this chud dipshit die. Regardless:
Lmao you’re supposed to slow down at some point idiot
Rest in piss
