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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 ...
April 4 – Maj Stephen Del Bagno was killed when his F-16 Thunderbird No. 4 crashed over the Nevada Test and Training Range during a routine aerial demonstration training flight. [58] Del Bagno temporarily lost consciousness during a high G-force maneuver and became incapacitated prior to his fatal crash. [59]
The Diamond Crash, the worst accident in U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Team history involving show aircraft, when four Northrop T-38A Talons, Numbers 1–4, 68–8156, -8175, -8176 and -8184, crashed during pre-season training on Range 65 [64] at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada (now Creech Air Force Base). While ...
Crews working at the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in a generation have recovered all 67 victims of the collision between two aircraft over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, officials ...
The cause of the crash is under investigation, and the unit, known for performing daring aerial tricks, canceled an appearance at an air show this weekend. Thunderbird pilot killed in crash ...
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4 June 1972: Major Joe Howard, flying Thunderbird No. 3 (F-4 s/n 66-0321), was killed during the Transpo '72 airshow at Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia. [22] 9 May 1981: Capt Nick Hauck was killed in the crash of Thunderbird No. 6 (Northrop T-38) during a low approach during an air show at Hill Air Force Base, near Ogden, Utah ...
June 4 – Transpo 72 Airshow (Dulles International Airport) – U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot Major Joe Howard, flying Thunderbird 3, F-4 Phantom II, 66-0321, lost power during a vertical maneuver, breaking out of formation just after completing a wedge roll at around 2,500 ft (760 m) AGL. The aircraft staggered and descended in a flat ...