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The Ramstein air show disaster occurred on Sunday, 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag '88 airshow at USAF Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. Three aircraft of the Italian Air Force display team collided during their display, crashing to the ground in front of a crowd of about 300,000 people. There were 70 fatalities (67 ...
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.
August 28 – Ramstein air show disaster (Ramstein, (Germany)) – Three members of Italy's Frecce Tricolori Air Force Display Team flying Aermacchi MB-339's were involved in a mid-air collision. Three pilots, Lt. Col. Ivo Nutarelli, Lt. Col. Mario Naldini and Cap.
A USAF Boeing CT-43 73-1149, call sign IFO 21, of the 76th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on an official trade mission, crashed on approach to Dubrovnik Airport, Croatia, killing United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people. The crash board findings, announced 7 June 1996, blamed the crash ...
En route to Ukraine with paratroopers, Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD CCCP-76569, c/n 0033448421, crashes in the Caspian Sea some 1.5 km (0.93 mi) off Nasosnaya Air Base, Azerbaijan following an in-flight fire and resultant wing separation, killing all 57 on board. Five minutes after takeoff, the number one engine failed, caught fire and ...
1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident This page was last edited on 27 March 2013, at 13:21 (UTC). Text is ...
The pilot of a Zlín Z-526AFS Akrobat participating at the Rock 'N' Race in Finowfurt, Germany died when the airplane crashed. [126] June 23 – John Klatt was forced to land his MX Aircraft MXS after he experienced an engine failure. He released the aircraft's canopy, which had become coated with oil, in order to regain forward visibility to land.
Its mission is the operation and maintenance of airlift assets consisting of C-130Js, C-21s, and C-37A Gulfstream aircraft throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Also at Ramstein is the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing (formerly the 435th Air Base Wing) (435 AGOW), which focuses on base-support responsibilities within the KMC.