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The Thunderbirds were practicing at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada (now Creech Air Force Base) for a performance at Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona. [2] Four T-38As, Numbers 1–4, comprising the basic diamond formation, hit the desert floor almost simultaneously on Range 65, now referred to as "The Gathering of Eagles Range". [3]
The USAF maintains a Thunderbirds Museum covering the history of the demonstration team. The museum is located at Nellis Air Force Base and includes a full size F-16 gate guard on display (in full Thunderbird paint scheme). [54] [55]
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 ...
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9 May – (Hamilton AFB, California) – United States Air Force Capt. Eugene J. Devlin was killed when a Republic F-105B Thunderchief, 57-5801, Thunderbird 2, delivered to the US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team in April 1964, suffered structural failure and disintegrated during 6G tactical pitch-up for landing after an air display.
Two Washington, D.C., airport employees have been arrested in connection with the leak of a video showing the moment Flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29.
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 ...