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Midnight Hawks Aerobatic Team Jets Damaged After Contacting Each Other In Mid-air

Midnight Hawks Aerobatic Team Jets Damaged After Contacting Each Other In Mid-air

Midnight Hawks (four BAE Hawk jet trainer aircraft) at Helsinki International Airshow 2009 – Credits: Vestman  Two Finnish Air Force Midnight Hawks Aerobatic team training jets contacted each other in mid-air. The wings of the planes made contact, causing minor damage. Both aircraft landed safely. Four Hawk jet training aircraft …

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USAF C-17 Airlifter Catches Fire on Runway At The Joint Base Charleston

USAF C-17 Airlifter Catches Fire on Runway At The Joint Base Charleston

A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, performing flight RCH351 (callsign “Reach 351”), experienced a fire in the main lefthand wheel bay, probably due to overheated brakes, after landing at Joint Base Charleston (CHS/KCHS), North Charleston, South Carolina. On 9 April 2021, a C-17A mishap occured at Joint …

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11 years ago today Polish Presidential plane crashed killing all 96 onboard including President Lech Kaczynski

11 years ago today Polish Presidential plane crashed killing all 96 onboard including President Lech Kaczynski

PLF 101, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008 – Credits:  Dmitry Karpezo  The Smolensk air disaster occurred 11 years ago on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. …

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