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The 5th Aviation Regiment (5 Avn Regt) is an Australian Army aviation unit. Formed in 1987 after the Army took over responsibility for operating helicopters from the Royal Australian Air Force, the regiment is based at RAAF Base Townsville, in Queensland.
10 March – A United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk crashes off the coast of the Florida Panhandle during a training exercise, killing all eleven people on board. On 8 May 2015, a Pakistan Army Mi-17 crashes near the Naltar area of Gilgit in Gilgit-Baltistan, killing the Norwegian and Philippine ambassadors and the wives of the ...
Two Australian Army Aviation Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk helicopters, A25-113 and A25-209 collide during a night training exercise near Townsville, Queensland, killing 18 soldiers. One source lists fatalities as 19. [183] 19 June
31 January Lockheed U-2C, 56-6714, Article 381, 21st airframe of first USAF order, delivered August 1957, to 4080th SRW, Laughlin AFB, Texas, as a 'hard nose' sampling aircraft; transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency and converted to U-2G in mid-1965; transferred to Strategic Air Command; flyable storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1969.
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One Black Hawk crashed immediately killing 12 personnel on board, while the other was able to make a crash landing but burst into flames, killing six. Crash survivors, soldiers from the other helicopters and exercise staff risked the flames and exploding ammunition to rescue their comrades and retrieve the bodies of the dead. [ 77 ]
FILE - A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter flies during Super Garuda Shield 2022 joint military exercises in Baturaja, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Aug. 12, 2022.
Air accident: Perth Airport, Western Australia: 18: 1949 Jul 2: 1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash – aircraft crashed a minute after take-off, killing all 18 people on board [176] Road accident: Tumut Pond Dam, New South Wales: 18: 1973 Sep 1: Brake failure caused bus to plummet into reservoir [177] Air accident: Townsville ...