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On 26 August 2024, Moonfish was killed when his F-16 crashed while repelling a Russian aerial attack, according to the Ukrainian military.He was 30. [15] [16]A special commission from the Ministry of Defense has been established to determine the cause of the accident and is currently working in the area where the plane went down.
Scott Francis O'Grady (born October 12, 1965) is a former United States Air Force fighter pilot.On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina by a 2K12 Kub (NATO designation SA-6 "Gainful") mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C into hostile territory.
The pilot and five residents were killed, and a further 50 people injured. 11 December Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76M CCCP-86732 , c/n 083413388, crashes into the side of a mountain while on approach to Leninakan (now Gyumri), killing 77 of 78 on board.
Ukraine has dismissed the commander of the air force, Mykola Oleschuk, after an F-16 loss. It's still unclear what caused the crash, which killed the fighter jet's pilot. The loss occurred during ...
A father of two and decorated combat veteran has been identified as the Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot who died in a plane crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula earlier this week. Capt.
Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots downed a record-breaking six cruise missiles in one mission. That would show how much Ukraine's air force has developed, a former US F-16 pilot told BI.
Heather Renee Penney (born September 18, 1974) is a defense policy expert at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia.She is best known for her role as a USAF lieutenant who was one of two F-16 pilots who flew their unarmed planes in an attempt to ram and down [1] United Airlines Flight 93 before it reached Washington, D.C., during the September 11, 2001, terrorist ...
U.S. Air Force Lt. Heather "Lucky" Penney, an F-16 pilot at the time, was ordered into the air to intercept United Airlines Flight 93. Her father was a flight captain for United at the time.