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List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan; List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War; List of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War; List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War; List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Libyan Civil War (2011)
A report from state television channel MRTV claimed the two pilots ejected from the aircraft. The same report also blamed a technical malfunction as the cause of the accident. [363] A Northrop F-5 operated by U.S. defense contractor Tactical Air Support made a gear-up landing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [364]
"Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 2 – Thirteen army flyers were killed today when a B-17 Flying Fortress, headed for Los Angeles from McChord field, Tacoma, Wash., exploded in flight over McClellan field and plunged 3000 feet to the ground in flames. Thousands of Sacramentans, startled by a terrific explosion, looked skyward and saw the crippled and ...
[238] [239] [240] An investigation by the Air Force Accident Investigation Board concluded that at least three of the crew did not have the necessary training for the flight, and that the group commander at Nellis was aware of training and morale problems prior to the accident, yet failed to report them to the wing commander. [241] 14 October
The crash occurred just west of the US Army post of Fort Campbell, near the Kentucky-Tennessee border. [8] A local witness, James Hughes, stated that the helicopters had been flying "pretty low" over local homes when the collision occurred. [7] The weather at the time of the crash was clear. [9]
A U.S. fighter jet’s stealth abilities appear to be working too well, with authorities forced to ask the public for help finding an F-35 that went missing somewhere over South Carolina when the ...
Some sources report this accident as a helicopter crash. [294] 6 May USMC McDonnell RF-4B Phantom II, BuNo 153090, [192] of VMCJ-3, MCAS El Toro, California, on out-and-back familiarization flight from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, is lost ~2 miles off of Del Mar, California in the Pacific when the pilot gets into an aerobatic maneuver stall. Both crew ...
A Pentagon report, prepared by the National Guard Bureau of the Army and the Air Force, issued 18 May 1983, notes that Tiffany, 47, en route from vacation in the Bahamas to Norfolk, Virginia, had failed to adhere to his flight plan, and also failed to notify controllers when he entered the restricted air space 20 mi (32 km) South of MCAS Cherry ...