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List of fatal accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft from 1945 Aviation accidents in Japan involving U.S. military and government aircraft post-World War II v
A US Air Force North American F-100C Super Sabre [102] of the 136th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 107th Tactical Fighter Group, New York Air National Guard, departed Niagara Falls Air Force Base, New York, on a training flight to Erie, Pennsylvania, but pilot Lt. Edward Metlot, of New York City, was informed by his wingman that his plane was on fire.
A Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter jet fired two missiles at a Royal Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea. One of the two missiles missed, while the other failed to ignite and simply fell off the fighter jet.
All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed in the crash, including 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and the 3 crew of the helicopter. It was the first major U.S. commercial passenger flight crash in nearly 16 years since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest U.S. air disaster in nearly 24 years.
World War I fighter ace: Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a: Auxi-le-Château, France Engine malfunction on takeoff Larry McDonald: United States 1983 Congressman from Georgia: Korean Air Lines Flight 007: Near Moneron Island, Soviet Union: Shot down by Soviet air force Jack McGee: United States 1918 Aviator Gallaudette Hydroplane Greenwich Bay
A Pakistani Air Force Dassault Mirage III fighter jet crashed during a routine flight. The pilot ejected. [212] 16 April Vietnam People's Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M4, 5857, c/n 38920, collided in midair with a second VPAF Su-22M4 6 nmi off Phu Quy Island. Both aircraft crashed into the South China Sea.
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]