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On November 12, 2022, two World War II–era aircraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, collided mid-air and crashed during the Wings Over Dallas air show at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Texas, United States. [1] The air show, which coincided with Veterans Day commemorations, was organized by the Commemorative Air Force.
August 16 — A pilot was killed when his Fouga Magister crashed into the Mediterranean sea during an airshow in Le Lavandou, southern France. [1]July 12 — A military pilot was killed when his M-346 Bielik crashed into the ground during rehearsal for the Gdynia Naval Aviation Brigade's 30th Anniversary event in Gdynia, Poland.
The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on 27 July 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB aircraft, piloted by Volodymyr Toponar (of the Ukrainian Falcons) and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov, crashed into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident killed 77 people and injured 543.
A Warbird Thunder plan pilot waves to the crowd as thousands of spectators gather for the Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show at Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
Lists of air show accidents and incidents give lists of accidents and incidents at air shows. They include: List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century;
The airshow itself primarily showcases military aviation, with demonstrations from the USAF Thunderbirds, [1] United States Navy Blue Angels, US Army Golden Knights, [2] as well as demonstrations from current Air Force and Navy aircraft, such as the A-10 Thunderbolt II, AV-8B Harrier, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
The Ramstein air show disaster occurred on Sunday, 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag '88 airshow at USAF Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. Three aircraft of the Italian Air Force display team collided during their display, crashing to the ground in front of a crowd of about 300,000 people.
Photos of the disaster, which will likely rank as the most destructive in L.A. history, capture the apocalyptic scale of destruction and heartbreak left in its wake.