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Republic of Singapore Air Force A-4SU Super Skyhawk RNZAF A-4K TA-4F Skyhawk of VA-164 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock in the early 1970s A-4G of VF-805 takes a wire aboard HMAS Melbourne in 1980 Brazilian Navy AF-1 (A-4KU) Naval Reserve A-4L of VA-203 Dual cockpits of the TA-4SU Skyhawk A-4M of VMA-322 OA-4M of MAG-32 in 1990 Argentine ...
The 1965 Philippine Sea A-4 crash was a Broken Arrow incident in which a United States Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk attack aircraft carrying a nuclear weapon fell into the sea off Japan from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga. [3] [4] The aircraft, pilot and weapon were never recovered. [5]
Withdrawn from use 1983). Ten aircraft lost in crashes. During the A-4G Skyhawk era the Squadron was designated VF-805 conforming with USN squadron designations. The 'VF' signaled the Fleet Defense role of the Skyhawk. V=Fixed Wing, F=Fighter. Over the life of the aircraft there were a number of different squadron aircraft paint schemes. [3]
The plane went down in the Hiawatha National Forest and the pilot was killed. The cause of the crash is still unknown. [62] 15 December A PT-6 trainer aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force crashed near Kantale, Sri Lanka, after taking off from China Bay Airport. The trainee pilot died in the accident. [63] [64]
The first crash involving a Bell-Boeing Osprey occurs when the fifth MV-22, BuNo 163915, three minutes into its maiden flight at a Boeing flight test facility at Wilmington, Delaware, suffers problems with the gyros due to incorrect wiring in the flight-control system [55] and crashes into the ground from a 15-foot (4.6 metre) hover during an ...
The pilot, 2nd Lt Bruce D. Umland, 23, of Minneapolis and student-navigator 2nd Lt. Gregory Johnson, 22, of Duluth, Minnesota safely ejected from the plane before it crashed. The crash occurred on National Forest property about 12-1/2 miles north of Grass Valley, California (between Highway 49 and Marysville Rd) on a Tuesday morning.
A Nigerian Air Force Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in "a minor mishap" on Thursday, but the two pilots on board survived the crash, the Air Force said. The incident occurred at ...
Townspeople who heard the weather-plane crash are foiled at rescue attempts by searing heat. Nine charred bodies were pulled from the wreckage. The plane, on a routine weather mission, had been aloft from Yokota Air Base for about an hour. [32] [33] B-50D-105-BO, 48-122, converted to WB-50D. Crashed with 56th WRS. [34] 22 September