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Two Italian Air Force Panavia Tornado aircraft collided and crashed near Venarotta, Marche, Italy, killing both pilots and both weapon-system officers. [179] 20 August A Guatemalan Air Force Bell 206 crashed near El Aguacate, Nenton, Huehuetenango, killing all five officers on board, among them Maj. Gen. Rudy Israel Ortiz Ruiz, Chief of Defence ...
A Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter jet fired two missiles at a Royal Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea. One of the two missiles missed, while the other failed to ignite and simply fell off the fighter jet.
United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert M. Bond (1929–1984), Vice Commander of Air Force Systems Command, is killed in a high-speed ejection from a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 of the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, out of Groom Lake, Nevada at 1018 hrs., which was initially reported to be an F-117A Stealth fighter.
During an aerial demonstration at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport, Fairchild-Republic chief test pilot Howard R. "Sam" Nelson fails to recover from a loop in Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, 75-0294, c/n A10-0043, '97', from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, tail strikes runway with airframe in nose-high attitude, aircraft ...
The crash was determined to have been due to a fatal design flaw in the fuel cross-feed system. [38] 11 November A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4C-24-MC Phantom II, 64-0863, c/n 1238, [39] 'WS' tailcode, of the 91st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, [40] crashed in the North Sea after an engine fire. Both crew ejected.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been operational with the United States Air Force since 5 June 1955. This list is of accidents and incidents involving the B-52 resulting in loss of life, severe injuries, or a loss of an aircraft (damaged beyond repair). Incidents in which the aircraft was damaged but repaired are not included.