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January 14 – At the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command B-58 Hustler sets a new world speed record for a flight carrying a 2,000-kilogram (4,409-pound) payload over a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) course, averaging 1,284.73 mph (2,067.57 km/h).
Chaufty, a U.S. Army Air Force pilot, was on an armed reconnaissance mission when his P-47 Thunderbolt plane was hit by enemy fire, according to an Army report compiled two days later.
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.
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 French Air and Space Force Dassault Rafale B at RIAT in 2009 Crotale missile-launchers of the Air Defense Ground-to-Air Squadron of the French Air and Space Force Some French airbases house radar units (e.g. Lyon, Mont-Verdun, Drachenbronn, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Nice, Mont-Agel) to carry out air defence radar surveillance and air traffic control.
29 August – A military aircraft clips a cable of the aerial tramway connecting Pointe Helbronner and the Aiguille du Midi in the French Alps. Three cars of the tramway fall, killing five people, but the remaining 63 cable car passengers are rescued and the pilot lands his plane safely.
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A U.S. Navy fighter jet pilot became the first female to score an air-to-air kill while she was deployed to fight against the Houthis in the Red Sea, where the Iranian-backed group has battled ...