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After downing 3 planes on 8 April, [262] Don Gentile was the top scoring 8th Air Force ace when he crashed his personal North American P-51B-7-NA Mustang, 43-6913, 'VF-T', named "Shangri La", this date while stunting over the 4th Fighter Group's airfield at Debden for a group of assembled press reporters and movie cameras. He buzzed the ...
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.
A U.S. Air Force General Dynamics F-111E, 67-0117, c/n A1-162/E-3, out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, crashed in a rocky area of the Mojave Desert 12 miles S of Death Valley National Monument during a test flight, [62] both crew, pilot Maj. James W. Hurt, 34, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and WSO Maj. Robert J. Furman, 31, of New York City ...
The accident is the latest in a string of incidents in the single-engine, two-seat class of planes, Military.com reports. Last month, an Air Force T-6 with the 559th Training Squadron had an ...
The chief of naval air training in Corpus Christi said in a Facebook post that the training jet that crashed was a Navy T-45C Goshawk assigned to Training Air Wing 2 at Naval Air Station ...
A Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri of the Myanmar Air Force crashed during a training flight in Lewe Township, Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory. both pilots died in the accident. [246] 16 June A Mil Mi-17 of the Mexican Air Force crashed during a training mission in Temamatla, Mexico. The helicopter burst into flames and was destroyed, two occupants died ...
A United States Air Force Lockheed C-121C, 54–165, of the 1608th Transport Wing, based at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, crashes on approach to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, while flying UN troops into the Suez Canal zone. It was also slated to carry Hungarian refugees back to Charleston AFB, South Carolina. 12 of 38 onboard killed.
On October 19, 2021, a corporate McDonnell Douglas MD-87, registered as N987AK, crashed and caught fire during take-off, 1,600 feet (500 m) from Houston Executive Airport. [1] Those on board, 19 passengers and four crew members, were safely evacuated out of the aircraft. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently written-off.