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A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II in flight. Operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family began in 1995 with the Joint Strike Fighter program.Since its first flight in 2006, the aircraft has faced substantial controversy, shortages in its research and development supply, [1] and safety concerns due to incidents. [2]
Possibly shot down by Angolan Air Force. [191] July 3, 1998: Aero L-39 Albatross: 2: Unknown Northern Michigan Pilot and co-pilot went missing from radar while doing a preparation flight before the National Cherry Festival Air Show. Despite a search area of 1,900 square miles (4900 km 2), no evidence of the plane or pilots has ever been found ...
21 June – Two Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the Imperial Iranian Air Force are shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces after straying into Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic airspace. One aircraft is destroyed with the loss of eight lives. The other is damaged; it is later repaired with permission from Soviet authorities and returns to Iran.
The JS Kaga is an Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer initially designed to accommodate up to 28 military helicopters.. The vessel measures just over 800 feet and weighs 24,000 tons — far ...
One rescued crew member has died and seven others are still missing after two Japanese military helicopters appeared to have crashed during a drill late Saturday, Japan’s Defense Minister Minoru ...
An Air Force pilot is safe after ejecting out of an F-35 ... a Marine Corps investigation into an F-35 fighter jet that went missing in 2023 had flown for 11 minutes after the pilot ejected before ...
A United States Air Force pilot mistakenly shot down an F-4E-54-MC Phantom II, 72-1486, c/n 4445, [37] of the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, TDY from Ramstein Air Base, West Germany on WSEP training, during a training mission over the Gulf of Mexico with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile.
Kobe Bryant (right), former Los Angeles Lakers player, being interviewed by Iván Kasanzew 11 days before the crash.. On Sunday, January 26, 2020, at approximately 9:06 a.m. PST (17:06 UTC), [3] eight passengers and one pilot departed from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California, in a 1991 Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, registration N72EX.