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The aircraft is believed to have crashed due to a lightning strike. January 21, 1939 3 10 10 1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching: Atlantic Ocean, en route from New York City: New York: Short Empire: The aircraft landed in the ocean because of engine failure due to icing and sank. January 13, 1939 4 0 0 Northwest Airlines Flight 1: near ...
That same year, the Thunderbirds moved to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, simplifying logistics and maintenance for the aircraft. The Thunderbirds used the C-model Super Sabre from 1956 to 1963. Republic F-105B Thunderchief Only six shows were flown in 1964 using the F-105 before safety concerns resulted in the team's adoption of the F-100D.
In his life he spent 20,000 hours in the air and took part in many air shows and championships. [155] June 4 – 71-year-old Bill Phipps, an experienced Campbell River, British Columbia pilot, was severely injured while performing aerobatics at the Wings and Wheels event at Nanaimo Airport, British Columbia. [156]
Thought to have been engaged by a SA-13 Gopher SAM. Pilot Lieutenant Robert Sweet ejected and was taken prisoner. He was released on March 6. February 15 – An A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial Number : 79-0130) Hit by ground fire approximately 60 miles northwest of Kuwait city while attacking Republican Guard targets.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in February 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
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 ...
More than 15 percent of the approximately 2,350 Lockheed C-130 Hercules production hulls have been lost, including 70 by the US Air Force and the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Not all US C-130 losses have been crashes, 29 of those listed below were destroyed on the ground by enemy action or other non-flying accidents. [1] [2]
An American United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crashed into the center of the village of Freckleton. It crashed into a school, 3 houses, and a cafe. Sixty-one individuals, including 38 children and two teenagers, were killed. Ten American servicemen were among the fatalities. 61 1946 La Salle Hotel: Fire ...