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The Thunderbirds switched back to front-line jet fighters after the accident. The Air Force team, like the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, had switched to smaller aircraft after the 1973 oil crisis (the Navy switched from F-4 Phantoms to smaller A-4 Skyhawks). The first F-16A Fighting Falcon in Thunderbird colors arrived at Nellis AFB, Nevada, on 22 ...
The Diamond Crash, the worst accident in U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Team history involving show aircraft, when four Northrop T-38A Talons, Numbers 1–4, 68–8156, -8175, -8176 and -8184, crashed during pre-season training on Range 65 [64] at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada (now Creech Air Force Base). While ...
The USAF Thunderbirds suffered their first fatal crash at an air show during Transpo 72 at Dulles International Airport. Major Joe Howard flying Thunderbird 3, McDonnell Douglas F-4E-32-MC Phantom II , 66-0321 , experienced a loss of power during a vertical manoeuver, and broke out of the formation just after it completed a wedge roll and was ...
The cause of the crash is under investigation, and the unit, known for performing daring aerial tricks, canceled an appearance at an air show this weekend. Thunderbird pilot killed in crash ...
April 4 – Maj Stephen Del Bagno was killed when his F-16 Thunderbird No. 4 crashed over the Nevada Test and Training Range during a routine aerial demonstration training flight. [58] Del Bagno temporarily lost consciousness during a high G-force maneuver and became incapacitated prior to his fatal crash. [59]
Landing at a farm in Ireland, Scott performs an electromagnetic sweep and plots the Fireflash's position. Gordon launches in Thunderbird 4 and locates the airliner. Using Thunderbird 4 ' s laser beam, he cuts off the Fireflash's heavy engine nacelles to enable it to float to the surface. As the cockpit instruments short-circuit and burst into ...
The third fatal accident occurred on June 4, the last day of the show. Overhead, jet fighters of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the Navy's Blue Angels and the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows performed dramatic aerial acrobatics. Tragically, the Thunderbirds experienced their first fatal crash at an air show.
June 4 – Transpo 72 Airshow (Dulles International Airport) – U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot Major Joe Howard, flying Thunderbird 3, F-4 Phantom II, 66-0321, lost power during a vertical maneuver, breaking out of formation just after completing a wedge roll at around 2,500 ft (760 m) AGL. The aircraft staggered and descended in a flat ...